Huntsman started in 1809 as a breeches-maker built around the precision equestrian wear demanded, before Henry Huntsman took over the business in 1849 and put his name on it. It earned its first Royal Warrant in 1886, as Leather Breeches Maker to the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, adding further warrants from Queen Victoria and other European monarchs over the following decades. The house has dressed clients from Laurence Olivier to Rolling Stone Charlie Watts, still working out of No. 11 Savile Row.