Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal immortalised as the "Cheeryble Brothers" in Charles Dickens' book, Nicholas Nickleby. Donald's mother was the sister of the Canadian explorer John Stuart, partner of the North West Company who rose to become Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Smith was educated at Anderson's Free School and on leaving at age sixteen he was apprenticed to become a lawyer in the offices of Robert Watson, Town Clerk of Forres. By the age of eighteen, Smith chose another career path: offered entry into mercantile life at Manchester, and a career in the Indian Civil Service, his choice was to pattern himself
Brooks Brothers the Art of Ironing a Dress Shirt," in his book "Instant Connections." In Kathryn Stockett's novel "The Help", Skeeter wears one of her father's Brooks Brothers shirts. In the 2015 comic book "Ms. Marvel" #18 by Marvel Comics, the supervillain Kamran is derisively referred to by Kamala Khan's older brother, Aamir, as "that walking Brooks Brothers franchise." In Dickens' famous novel, "A Tale of Two Cities" 'Snooks Brothers' is mentioned as a contemporary of Tellson's Bank. This is possibly a reference to Brooks Brothers. Brooks Brothers Brooks Brothers is the oldest men's clothier in the United States and is headquartered