Wood John D & Co

John D Wood & Co. was founded in 1872 by John Daniel Wood, a remarkable man who started the company at the age of 23 and finally retired in 1928. The first premises of the company were in Mount Street, London W1, on the site now occupied by an island with a fountain opposite the entrance to the Connaught Hotel. Mount Street in the late 19th Century was apparently a street of rather dilapidated Georgian houses which included the Parish Workhouse.