Pott(s), William snr and jnr, London, u and cm (1800–25). At 90 Wardour St, 1800–11, Gresse St, Rathbone Pl. in 1811 and Chenies St, Bedford Sq. from 1811. Initially the business traded as Potts & Son but by 1804 George Croyson Collinson had become a partner and they traded as Potts, Son & Collinson and numerous other variants. In 1803 Potts & Son were listed by Thomas Sheraton in his Cabinet Dictionary as one of the leading cm. Fire insurance records indicate that the business was carried on in a substantial manner. On 26 December 1800 took out a policy for £1,000 of which £500 was for utensils and stock. Cover taken out in May 1804 on the Wardour St premises came to £3,100, much of which was on utensils and stock. In 1808 cover was £2,300 and in the following year the same. By 1809, however, the additional premises at Kendricks Pl., Chenies St were also being used and cover here amounted to £3,000. The interest of the Potts family in the business appears to have ended in 1825 and from the following year the firm was trading as Collinson & Son. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 419, ref. 709893; vol. 431, refs 762272–73; vol. 445, ref. 819322; vol. 448, refs 825886–87] See George Potts of Chenies St and George Croyson Collinson.