De La Rue component set. De La Rue De La Rue plc (, ) is a British banknote manufacturing, security printing of passports and tax stamps, brand authentication and paper-making company with headquarters in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. It also has a factory on the Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, and other facilities at Loughton, Essex, and Bathford, Somerset. There are overseas offices in Kenya, Sri Lanka and Malta. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company was founded by Thomas de la Rue (1793–1866), who moved from Guernsey to London in 1821 and set up in business as a 'Leghorn' straw
Rue La Boétie la Charte" (Street of the Charter). It then udertook a quick succession of names, becoming "rue Lapeyrouse", "rue d'Angoulême à nouveau" (1852), "rue de Morny" (1863), "rue de la Commune" (1871), rue Mac-Mahon and finally "rue Pierre-Charron" in 1871. The area between the place Saint-Augustin and the place Chand-Goyon was called "rue de la Pépinière" until 1868, and then "rue Abattucci". The street took its current name in 1879, throughout its length, in honour of Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563), friend moralist of Michel de Montaigne. Rue La Boétie The rue La Boétie is a street in the 8th arrondissement