Whitrow, George, Westminster, London, chairmaker (1774–1829). Living in Pye St in 1774. From 1805 trading in Gt Peter St the number being 25, though insurance records to 1821 give 20. Insurance cover reached £1,300 in November 1820 but of this £800 covered a dwelling house and stock and utensils was £300 and a workshop behind £200. The business appears to have specialised in japanned and painted chairs and by 1829 were also producing sofas. It also acted as a general furniture japanner. From 1805–29 the business is recorded in directories as a partnership between George & John Whitrow and the 20 Gt Peter St address may have been largely the dwelling house of George Whitrow. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 448, ref. 834625; vol. 453, ref. 848841; vol. 483, ref. 972636; vol. 488, ref. 980702; vol. 498, ref. 1010030]