David Stewart Dawson

[2] He served his apprenticeship in Dufftown[2] in Banffshire then founded a successful retail watchmaking and jewellery business in Liverpool, England in 1876 after moving there age 22,[2] with shops in most large cities in Great Britain, aided by the slogan "Who watches the Police?

He founded the business of Stewart Dawson and Co. in Sydney and soon had branches in Melbourne, and Auckland and Dunedin in New Zealand and Regent Street in London.

[9] He had a head office, "The Treasure House" (built 1907) in Hatton Garden, London and homes in Potts Point and Palm Beach, Sydney, a villa in Monte Carlo and a three-storey country mansion, "Bon Accord" in Springwood in the Blue Mountains, close to Norman Lindsay's home.

[10] On his death the Monte Carlo villa went to his widow, Harriet Stewart Dawson (née McNab) (1864–1945) who married Prince Michal Radziwill, "Ordynat" (entailed estate holder) of the Palace and estate of Antonin in Ostrow County, Poland (1870–1955) in 1938.

The James Pascoe Group is the current owner of Stewart Dawson's stores, which are a luxury jewelry retailer with 15 locations in New Zealand.