- H. Stuart Menzies
H. Stuart Menzies was born in
London in 1886. In 1922 he set up theStuart Advertising Agency , an innovative agency that worked with leading artists of the time such asEdward Bawden ,Edward McKnight Kauffer ,Ben Nicholson , andBarbara Hepworth . Menzies was highly sought after as acopywriter and produced the amusing Commentaries forFortnum & Mason , the logo of Imperial Airways and some of the "Shell on the Road" publicity for Shell-Mex. His business partner, Marcus Brumwell, headed the firm when Menzies retired around 1938-9. Menzies moved with his wife, Elizabeth toTahiti and later settled inCanada . He died in December 1959.Bibliography
*Menzies, H Stuart : "Let's Forget Business", the commentaries of Fortnum & Mason, illus by W M Hendy, A & C Black, 1930
*Menzies, H Stuart : "Sport and Fun All the Year Round", illus by W M Hendy,Herbert Jenkins, 1926 Skipwith, P : Entertaining a la Carte, Edward bawden and Fortnum and Mason, Mainstone Press, Norwich 2008
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