HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
ROYAL MAIL
The earliest roots of the Mulliner family traced back to carriers and saddlers in 1559, just one year after Elizabeth I came to the throne. But real prominence came to the family in 1760 when F. Mulliner was commissioned to build and maintain carriages for the Royal Mail.
MULLINER, LONDON
In 1870 Francis’s son, Robert Bouverie Mulliner, started his own coachbuilding company called Mulliner London Limited – sharing his father’s restless pursuit for perfection. Crucially, in the later part of the 19th century, he decided to step away from horse drawn vehicles and focus his business on coachbuilding for mechanical propulsion – and the business flourished.