It has been said that Thomas Miller Sutton, principal of the company during the pre-war years, could gauge the number of carats in a piece of gold jewellery simply by holding it. He will be most remembered for his refusal to hand over the infamous Stavinsky jewels despite immense pressure from the French authorities, during one of Europe's most politically volatile financial scandals of the 20th Century.

In the 1930's the business had offices in Paris, Cannes and Berlin and it was to TM Sutton in London that many of Europe's wealthier citizens sent their jewels and artefacts by means of a courier to raise funds in those uncertain times. During the war itself these European offices - managed by Messrs Goldschmidt and Weisman in Berlin, Messrs Richardson in Cannes and Messrs Delfau in Paris - were taken over by the Third Reich and all their documents confiscated.

Today TM Sutton is considered the grandfather of the pawnbroking business, specialising in diamonds, jewellery, watches and silverware. TM Sutton continues to offer valued customers old and new the maximum security, discretion and competitive rates they have come to expect from a pawnbrokers of such distinction and reputation.

Sutton's is a registered member of the National Pawnbrokers Association.