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Clubmakers James Winton Montrose The first of several of the Winton family involved in clubmaking, later to combine as W.M. Winton & Company, one of the world's largest cleekmakers, based in Montrose and London. Born in 1835, his first clubs were made in the kitchen of his house when he was employed by Messrs Millar & Sons. He expanded to a small wooden workshop on the links and , from there, the building expanded rapidly, The firm was famous for the Brown patent perforated irons. He was technically still involved with the firm with up to his death, aged 73, in 1907 but he had been in failing health for some time and control of the company had passed to his son, Robert. The diamond was the firm's cleek mark. Search the catalogue for clubs by this maker | |
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