Thomas Lyte is an English luxury brand specialising in gold and silverware, sporting trophies and leather accessories. Thomas Lyte Royal Warrant Holders to His Majesty the King Charles III logo black on white

The company has designed, made or restored many well known trophies and medals, such as the football’s

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, golf’s

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and rugby’s RBS 6 Nations and Webb Ellis

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and the

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Challenger Playoff Trophy.

Royal Warrant Holders

In January 2015 Queen

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...

appointed a Royal Warrant to Thomas Lyte as

Goldsmith A goldsmith is a Metalworking, metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Modern goldsmiths mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, they have also made cutlery, silverware, platter (dishware), plat ...

s and

Silversmith A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms ''silversmith'' and ''goldsmith'' are not exact synonyms, as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are (or were, at least) largely the same but differed in that t ...

s. Granted for a five-year period to the firm and founder Kevin Baker as a grantee, the appointment recognises that Thomas Lyte has been a direct supplier and restorer of silverware to the Royal Household since 2010.

History and heritage

Thomas Lyte was founded by Kevin Baker in 2007.BBC Radio 4: Friday Boss - business presenter Simon Jack interviews Kevin Baker, chief executive, Thomas Lyte
/ref> Its products are designed and created in the company’s London-based leather atelier and silversmith workshop.BBC News Jorn Madslien - In pictures: Thomas Lyte sporting trophy workshop
/ref> Thomas Lyte is named after the Lyte Jewel, which was made by miniaturist

Nicholas Hilliard Nicholas Hilliard ( – before 7 January 1619) was an English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures of members of the courts of Elizabeth I and James I of England. He mostly painted small oval miniatures, but also some l ...

The Football Association Charity Shield

In 2016, Thomas Lyte restored and rebuilt the Football Association's original 1908 Charity Shield, the replacement of which is known as the

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, to mark 50 years since England Captain

Bobby Moore Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England national team that won the 1966 FIFA ...

and his teammates beat West Germany in the

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. The trophy raised £40,000 at auction on 10 October 2016, in aid of the Bobby Moore Fund for

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, which was set up by the footballer's widow Stephanie Moore to fund research into bowel cancer, after her husband died of the disease in 1993. The auction was held at The Royal Garden Hotel in

Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ...

, where the England team celebrated the 1966 victory. The Bobby Moore Fund became the FA's new charity partner in July 2016.The FA's new official charity partner is Bobby Moore Fund
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List of trophies, awards and medals

Trophies Awards Medals

References

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External links

Official website
Luxury brands Design companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham British sports trophies and awards Design companies established in 2007 British companies established in 2007