Fortnum & Mason

department store in London, England
Organization department_store Q498563
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Fortnum & Mason

Summary

Fortnum & Mason is a department store[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of department_store entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,988 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fortnum & Mason is located in City of Westminster[3].
  • Fortnum & Mason is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Fortnum & Mason's instance of is recorded as department store[5].
  • Fortnum & Mason's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar[6].
  • Fortnum & Mason's founder is recorded as Charles Fortnum[7].
  • Fortnum & Mason's founder is recorded as Hugh Mason[8].
  • Fortnum & Mason's headquarters location is recorded as London[9].
  • Fortnum & Mason's Commons category is recorded as Fortnum & Mason[10].
  • Fortnum & Mason's industry is recorded as retail[11].
  • Fortnum & Mason comprises automaton clock[12].
  • 1707 marks the founding of Fortnum & Mason[13].
  • Fortnum & Mason's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5083, 'lon': -0.1384}[14].
  • Fortnum & Mason's located on street is recorded as Piccadilly[15].
  • Fortnum & Mason's official website is recorded as http://www.fortnumandmason.com/[16].
  • Fortnum & Mason's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fortnum & Mason[17].
  • Fortnum & Mason's product or material produced is recorded as luxury good[18].
  • Fortnum & Mason's legal form is recorded as private company limited by shares[19].
  • Fortnum & Mason's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of Fortnum & Mason[20].
  • Fortnum & Mason's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[21].
  • Fortnum & Mason's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+61286'}[22].
  • Fortnum & Mason's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+58241'}[23].
  • Fortnum & Mason's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+65386'}[24].
  • Fortnum & Mason's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+71532'}[25].

Body

Founding

Founders include Charles Fortnum[7] and Hugh Mason[8]. 1707 marks the founding of Fortnum & Mason[13].

Operations

Fortnum & Mason's headquarters location is recorded as London[9].

Industry

Fortnum & Mason's industry is recorded as retail[11].

Ownership

Fortnum & Mason's product or material produced is recorded as luxury good[18].

Why It Matters

Fortnum & Mason ranks in the top 1% of department_store entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,988 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . OpenStreetMap. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Egezort · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) automaton clock
    Has part(s) of the class Q787159
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32891|batch #32891]]: Migrating from P527 to P2670"
  2. 18d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Companies house company id 00084909
    Headquarters location London
    Product
    Topic's main category Category:Fortnum & Mason
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30163|batch #30163]]: OpenCorporates company ID to Companies House company ID"
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