Jaques London
Jaques started making games over 210 years ago making them the "Oldest sports and games company in the world" They are still owned and run entirely by direct descendants of the founder, Thomas Jaques, and are one of a handful of companies globally to be both over 200 years old and owned and run by the same family continually for the entire time.
Jaques proud history includes the introduction of croquet into England at the Great Exhibition in 1851. This not only won John Jaques II a place in sporting history but also a Gold Medal. His display there attracted such wide attention that the game speedily became the vogue, not only here but in Europe and throughout the British Empire.
John Jaques was also pivotal in making the popularisation of chess possible by creating a set of chessmen which could be reproduced easily and at a reasonable cost. Creating a set in 1839 that Mr Howard Staunton, one of the famous exponents of the English school of chess, was so struck by the clarification achieved by these designs that he allowed his name and signature to authenticate every box of pieces. It soon became the standard design not just for this country, but also in Europe.
In 1965 John Jaques passed safely and successfully into the hands of his sons John V and Christopher. Together with Christopher's sons Benjamin and Emmett, they have kept John Jaques competitive, continually forging new relationships with companies whose products are equal in quality to their own. These efforts to push the company forward are guaranteeing that Jaques rich history will continue.
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