William H. Summers
William Hamilton Summers LVO (October 4, 1930 - June 19, 2002), was for almost 30 years a member of the British Royal Household as the Crown Jeweller, a post he held as a director of the London jewellery firm Garrard & Co.[1]
Summers was born in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, and attended King's School, Bruton. He did National Service with the 13th/18th Hussars then joined Garrard as an apprentice where he succeeded Cecil Mann as the Crown Jeweller in 1962, a post he held until his retirement in 1991.[1] He was succeeded by David V. Thomas.
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