The firm of Flower, Ridehalgh and Company, stockjobbers, first appears in directories in 1938. They were situated at 5 (later 4/5) Copthall Court, and in 1964 moved to 120 Moorgate. The firm disappears from the directories in the late 1960s.
This firm of stockbrokers was founded in 1825 by James Foster and Richard Janson as Foster and Janson. Janson died in 1830 and James Foster was joined by Isaac Braithwaite and the firm was renamed Foster and Braithwaite in 1833. James Foster retired in 1855 and died in 1861. Isaac Braithwaite became head of the firm and in 1867 a new deed of partnership established the family dominance of the firm for the next century: only in 1968 was a partner nominated from outside the Braithwaite family. A new deed of partnership was drawn up in 1971. The firm was based at 27 Austin Friars from 1863-1970; from 1971-75 it was based at 1 Throgmorton Avenue and from 1976-88 at 22 Austin Friars; from 1989 its offices were at 27 Finsbury Square.
The Association was established in 1945 to protect and promote the interests of the French burgundy trade. By the late 1960s it was in amalgamation discussions with the equivalent trading association for bordeaux wines. The Association's offices were based at those of its officers, but in 1949 it was at 4 Lloyd's Avenue.
George Jesse Dawson established himself as an antiquarian clock case maker and restorer in 1901 at 1 Warren Mews, London, W1. The firm later moved to 15 Warren Mews, and Dawson's son Percy George Dawson took over, himself an authority on the history of clocks and their cases. The firm ceased to operate c 1975.
This firm of stockbrokers was founded in c 1870 by William John Galloway and Cyrus Tom Pearson as Galloway & Pearson, with offices at 75 Old Broad Street. The founding families continued to be represented amongst the partners until the late 1950s.
A service company, Gallus Services Limited, was established in 1979 to acquire all the fixed assets of the partnership and to provide the services required to maintain the stockbroking business. In 1984, Galloway and Pearson (and Gallus Services Limited) merged with WICO (W. I. Carr, Sons and Company (Overseas) Limited) to form WICO Galloway and Pearson Limited. WICO was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exco International plc, who subsequently acquired a 29.9% stake in the new firm with an option to purchase the remaining 70.1%
Galloway and Pearson had premises: 75 Old Broad Street (1870-81); 3 Drapers' Gardens (1882-1910); 3 Drapers' Gardens and Warnford Court (1911 only) then 27G Throgmorton Street (1911-35); 1 London Wall Buildings and 27G Throgmorton Street (to 1940) then Warnford Court (1936-41); Warnford Court (1942-83); Warnford Court and 29 Throgmorton Street (1984).
WICO Galloway & Pearson Limited had premises: Warnford Court and 29 Throgmorton Street (1985), and Sherborne House, 119 Cannon Street (1986).
The firm of George White and Company, tea and (briefly) rubber brokers, first appears in trade directories in 1873 with premises at 23 Rood Lane. In 1904 the firm entered into partnership with Wilton Bartleet, an English tea broker working in Colombo, trading there as George White, Bartleet and Company (the London operation continued as before). The partnership with Bartleet was dissolved in 1912, but George White and Company continued to act as Bartleet's London agents. In 1910, the firm branched into rubber broking. However, this part of the business appears to have been hived off in 1927 with the creation of George White, Yuille and Company Limited, rubber brokers.
George White and Company changed its name to George White and Company (Tea Brokers) Limited in 1931, and to George White, Sanderson (Tea Brokers) Limited in c 1965. It merged in 1973 with Gow, Wilson Limited, tea, rubber and produce brokers of 82 Middlesex Street.
The firm of George White, Yuille and Company Limited disappears from trade directories after 1963; its subsequent history is unknown.
George White and Company and successors had premises: 23 Rood Lane (1873-1878); 2 Great Tower Street (1879-1887); 31/32 Fenchurch Street (1888-1930); 37/38 Fenchurch Street and 3 Mincing Lane (1931-41); Plantation House, Fenchurch Street (1942-1943); 112/113 Fenchurch Street (1944-53); Dunster House, Mincing Lane (1954-1969); and 80 Clifton Street (1970-2).
George White, Yuille and Co Ltd had premises: 31/32 Fenchurch Street (1928-9); 3 Mincing Lane (1930-59); 29 Mincing Lane (1960); and 48 Fenchurch Street (1961-1963).
This firm of solicitors was established in c 1887 by Gilbert Ellis Samuel (1859-1926). Trading as Gilbert Samuel and Company from c 1902, the firm had offices at 39 Old Broad Street (1887-1890), 16 Great Winchester Street (1891-1961) and 3 Michael's Alley, Cornhill (1962-1971). They were taken over c 1970 by Bischoff and Company, solicitors.
The firm of Gillett Brothers Discount Company Limited, discount bankers, was founded on 17 August 1867, when the brothers Alfred and George Gillett began business as Gillett Brothers and Company, bill brokers and money dealers, at 72 Lombard Street. The new firm derived some customers from the otherwise unconnected firm of Brightwen, Gillett and Company, bill brokers, of 8 Finch Lane, which had been established in 1861 by a younger brother, William Gillett, and which was dissolved in August 1867.
Gillett Brothers and Company remained a partnership under the same name until 1919, when it became a private limited company with the style of Gillett Brothers Discount Company Limited. It became a public company in 1946.
The firm traded during its history from the following addresses: 72 Lombard Street (1867-1885); 9 Birchin Lane (1885-1892); 58 Lombard Street (1892-1924); 27 Clements Lane (1924-33); 52 Cornhill (1933-1964); 65 Cornhill (from 1964). The firm amalgamated with Jessel Toynbee and Company Limited in 1982, and at the time the records were deposited was part of Alexanders Discount plc.
For a detailed history of the firm see Professor Ronald S Sayers, Gilletts in the London Money Market 1867-1967 (Oxford, 1968). Many research notes, financial tables etc prepared by Prof Sayers and his colleague Miss Audrey Taylor appear amongst the archives. However, a great many of the archives used by Prof Sayers and referred to in his history have not been deposited at Guildhall Library, and their current whereabouts are unknown. These missing records include Gilletts' ledgers and other account books and correspondence with country banks.
Aberdeen, Ceylon and Eastern Trust Limited was formed in 1929 as an investment trust for the purpose of investing in tea and rubber. It had a registered office in Aberdeen. Its name changed in 1957 to Aberdeen Investors Limited.
This company was formed in 1928, as an investment trust, with a registered office in Aberdeen. Cable Trust Limited, formerly Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited, became a major shareholder in the 1970s.
Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.
The British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1869 by John Pender and merged in 1872 with Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Company Limited; Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta Telegraph Company Limited; and Marseilles, Algiers and Malta Telegraph Company Limited to form Eastern Telegraph Company Limited.
Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.
In 1928 the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference recommended that the overseas cable and wireless resources of the British Empire be merged into one system. Cable and Wireless Limited was formed in 1929 to acquire all the ordinary shares of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group and Marconi Wireless, Telegraph and Signal Company Limited. The name changed to Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited in 1934. When Cable and Wireless was nationalised in 1946, one third of the issued capital of Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited was owned by Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited, which had from its beginnings been associated with the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited was then converted into an investment trust, renamed Cable Trust Limited in 1971 and merged with Globe in 1977.
Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.
In 1928 the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference recommended that the overseas cable and wireless resources of the British Empire be merged into one system. Cable and Wireless Limited was formed in 1929 to acquire all the ordinary shares of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group and Marconi Wireless, Telegraph and Signal Company Limited. The name changed to Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited in 1934. When Cable and Wireless was nationalised in 1946, one third of the issued capital of Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited was owned by Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited, which had from its beginnings been associated with the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited was then converted into an investment trust, renamed Cable Trust Limited in 1971 and merged with Globe in 1977.
Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.
The Great Western Telegraph Company Limited, established to lay a telegraph cable from England to Bermuda, seems briefly to have been known as New Atlantic Telegraph Company Limited in 1872 and to have been renamed Western and Brazilian Telegraph Company Limited in 1873. It amalgamated with Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company Limited to form Western Telegraph Company Limited, which became part of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group.
This company was formed in 1928 to manage the building and rental of Electra House, Temple Place, Victoria Embankment, Westminster; the registered office, from 1933, of Globe Telegraph and Trust Company (CLC/B/101-01) and associated telegraph companies and, from 1933-1955, of Cable and Wireless.
The name of the company changed in 1936 to Electra House Limited (CLC/B/101-20).
Globe Telegraph and Trust Company Limited was incorporated in 1873 by John Pender, a Liberal MP, who also founded the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group. Globe was formed in order to spread the short term risk of cable laying over a number of companies, and shares in Globe were offered in exchange for shares in submarine telegraph and associated companies. The Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Group, meanwhile, was built up by Pender over a number of years in the late 19th century.
The West African Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1885. It was renamed in 1958 as Third Electra Finance Company.
The firm was established by German merchants in London in 1814 as Fruhling, Goschen and Company to act as commission agents exporting colonial produce and cotton to Germany. It later acted as merchant and foreign bankers, and merged in 1920 with Cunliffe Brothers to form Goschens and Cunliffe. The firm ceased trading in 1940. It was based at 12 Austin Friars.
The Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) was founded in 1971 when the London Corn Trade Association merged with the London Cattle Food Trade Association. GAFTA is a trade association for those working in the international grain trade. It defines standards, acts as a regulatory body and handles problems for its members.
For historical information about the predecessor bodies whose records comprise this collection, please see the sub-fonds entry for each organisation (listed in the 'arrangement' section).
The Edible Oil Association was established by the Ministry of Food (Oil and Fats Control) in 1939 to oversee the creation of a national pool of edible oil and fats by all manufacturers. This was the first step towards wartime rationing. The Association was the forerunner of the National Edible Oil Distributors Federation, formed in 1946.
The London Cattle Food Trade Association was formed in 1906 by members of the London Corn Trade Association (CLC/B/103-08) who traded in vegetable proteins used as animal feeding stuffs and who felt the need for a separate organisation to represent their specialist interests. Its aims were similar to those of the London Corn Trade Association, namely to establish uniform contracts and bills of lading, provide a system for arbitration (including the testing of quality samples), and to promote legislation and other measures on behalf of the trade.
Based at 8 Catherine Court until 1912, the association subsequently moved to 50 Mark Lane (1913-20), 50/1 Lime Street (1921-1923), 84 Leadenhall Street (1924-1958), 5/7 Houndsditch (1959-1967) and 52/7 Mark Lane (1968-1971). In 1923, it transferred the responsibility for its routine office work and administration to United Associations Ltd (CLC/B/103-12). In 1965, the association dropped "London" from its title, and invited representatives from kindred associations in Europe to attend meetings of its council.
In 1971, it joined with the London Corn Trade Association to form the Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA).
The London Corn Trade Association was established in 1878 by members of the corn trade in order to protect their interests. Specifically, they aimed to ensure the adoption of uniform forms of contract, to be drawn up by the association, and the settlement of disputes between buyers and sellers by arbitration rather than by legislation. LCTA forms of contract required the referral of disputes to arbitration in London, each party appointing an arbitrator, who could himself appoint an umpire if a settlement could not be reached. The association was empowered to appoint an arbitrator if one of the parties failed to do so. It also laid down quality standards for use in arbitrations, and heard appeals. Initially, meetings of the association were held in the offices of one of the members, Edward Power, at 118 Bishopsgate Within, whilst additional office space at 22 Leadenhall Street was acquired in the 1880s. In 1886, the year of incorporation of the association, it moved to 2 Lime Street Square where it remained until its move to the Baltic Exchange Chambers, St Mary Axe in 1903. In 1969, talks were commenced with the Cattle Food Trade Association (formerly known as the London Cattle Food Trade Association) regarding a merger between the two associations. The new joint association, the Grain and Feed Trade Association, was formed in 1971 and the London Corn Trade Association was finally wound up on 15 May 1972.
The London Grain Futures Association was established in 1929 by the London Corn Trade Association to oversee the setting up and regulation of the London Grain Futures Market on the floor of the Baltic Exchange. Official quotations were declared daily by the LCTA clearing house, which had been established in 1921 to register contracts. The grain futures market principally dealt in Manitoba and Argentine wheat until 1933, when a second grain futures market was created in maize. Both markets were closed from 1939 to 1953 as a result of the Second World War and its aftermath. When reopened, in 1954, they dealt exclusively in barley and maize. In 1970, the London Grain Futures Association was wound up and its functions assumed by the London Corn Trade Association.
In 1918, the following corn trade associations combined to form a national federation:- Liverpool (founded 1853); Glasgow (1855); London (1878); Hull (1888); Bristol Channel and West of England (1889); and Leith (1890). They also invited three other associations to join them - the National Association of Corn and Agricultural Merchants; the National Association of British and Irish Millers; and the Maltsters' Association of Great Britain. The federation acted as a national pressure group, representing and protecting the interests of the corn trade and providing a useful channel of communication between the trade and the government and other outside bodies. It was wound up in 1972 following the formation of the Grain and Feed Trade Association.
This life assurance company was established in 1844 and incorporated by special act in 1862. It was acquired by National of Ireland in 1882. Its offices were situated successively at 101 Cheapside and 14 Waterloo Place.
Major Arthur Alexander Greenwood (born 1920) was a member of the London Stock Exchange from around 1960 to 1980. He retired from the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment as a major in 1959 and joined the firm of Edward Cutbill and Company. He moved to Spencer Thornton and Company in 1961 and then to Hedderwick, Stirling, Grumbar and Company in 1968. Greenwood subsequently moved to British Colombia, Canada, where he died in November 2012, aged 92.
Gresham House, in Old Broad Street, was the home of Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-79), Lord Mayor of London, and was the site of Gresham College until 1768 when the house was demolished and HM Excise Office was built. This was sold in 1853 by the Government to six partners and, in 1857, the Gresham House Estate Company Limited was formed by them to manage the property. Other property was purchased in 1936 and 1955 in Bishopsgate (nos 25-27 and 31-33 respectively). Gresham House was sold in 1959.
In 1921 Broad Street Estates Limited (incorporated 1913), which owned a freehold building in Old Broad Street opposite Gresham House, was acquired. This property was sold in 1953. An "island" site between London Wall and Great Winchester Street, comprising approximately 1 acre, was purchased in 1928 and a subsidiary, Great Winchester Street Estates Limited, was formed to hold it. This company went into voluntary liquidation in 1958 and the site was sold in 1960. Since the late 1950's, Gresham House Estate Company Limited and its subsidiary, Broad Street Estates Limited, have been concerned mainly with investment business.
Royal Exchange Assurance was established by royal charter in 1720. Its business comprised marine, fire and life insurance, and general accident insurance in Britain and overseas.
In 1968 the company combined with Guardian Assurance Company Limited to form Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance. The company had offices at the Royal Exchange from 1720 until c 1999 when Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance was taken over by AXA.
This company was established in 1890 as the Licenses Insurance Corporation and Guarantee Fund for insurance against loss of liquor licences. It expanded into fire and accident insurance from 1936 onwards. The company was renamed Licenses and General Insurance Company in 1917. From its inception its premises were at 24 Moorgate Street.
Licenses and General Insurance became a subsidiary of Guardian Assurance in 1956 and this company merged with Royal Exchange Insurance in 1968.
This company was established in 1906 for motor accident insurance and expanded into life and general business insurance in 1918. It was acquired by Royal Exchange Assurance (CLC/B/107-02) in 1927. Its head office address was 10 St James's Street, but it had several branch offices including one at 70 Cornhill and the Marine Department at 19 Royal Exchange.
Henry Barber traded as a salmon factor from 1841. By 1855 he had a stand in Billingsgate market and by 1880 had leased shop 7 where the business remained until it went into voluntary liquidation in 1979. The limited company was formed in April 1925. It specialised in salmon, but also dealt in eels through subsidiaries.
Subsidiaries of H Barber and Son Limited included:
- D and J Barber (Eels) Limited, formerly John and Paul (Eels) Limited, eel merchants, trading from 13b Lovat Lane (they were taken over and renamed in 1960);
- Braddan Fishing Co Limited, formed in 1952 to manage salmon fishings;
- Cahill and Young Limited, a defunct Irish company which was acquired ca. 1954 and used to purchase the Galway fishery;
- John T Clark Limited, a Billingsgate company taken over ca. 1960;
- UC Farmer Limited, a Billingsgate company formed in 1965;
- A Langley and Co Limited, cooked eel merchants, trading from 28 Monument Street;
- EF Marchant Limited, a Billingsgate company taken over in 1964.
U. C. Farmer Limited, fishmongers, was a Billingsgate company formed in 1965.
EF Marchant Limited were a Billingsgate company taken over by H Barber and Sons Limited in 1964.
Daniel and Smith Harrison and Joseph Crosfield entered into partnership in January 1844 to trade as tea and coffee merchants at 6 Temple Street, Liverpool, under the style Harrisons and Crosfield. The partnership moved in July 1854 to 3 Great Tower Street, London, becoming from the 1860s one of the largest tea traders in Britain. In the 1890s the company admitted a number of new partners (Charles Heath Clark, George Croll, Arthur Lampard and Eric Miller) and changed the direction of its business. The company took on the blending and packing of teas, and imports from Ceylon were stored in a warehouse on Ceylon Wharf, Bankside in Southwark. The company was also increasingly involved in rubber and plantation estates in the mid-20th century, and acquired shareholdings, often acting as agents and secretaries, in a number of plantation companies. By the late 20th century, Harrisons and Crosfield managed nearly half a million acres of tropical crops in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Southern India, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The firm became a limited company under the style Harrisons and Crosfield Limited in May 1908.
Much of the company's interest in tea was disposed of in 1916 on the formation of Twining, Crosfield and Company Limited. As well as diversifying into rubber plantation Harrisons and Crosfield Limited had interests in timber (through its stake in British Borneo Timber Limited, later called Sabah Timber Company), and especially from the 1950s, palm oil, speciality chemicals and other estates agency work, including the related business from insurance and shipping. From the late 1960s the company again changed direction moving to consolidate its interests in a number of divisions, including the "Harcros" group of timber merchants and building suppliers, chemicals, animal feeds and other agricultural products. Most of the interests Harrisons and Crosfield had in individual plantation companies were merged into larger companies (e.g. London Sumatra Plantations) in the 1960s and afterwards, and those companies have subsequently been sold. The firm became a public limited company in 1982. In late 1997 the firm started the disposal of all its timber and building supplies and food and agriculture divisions, to concentrate on speciality chemicals. From January 1998 the firm has been known as Elementis Plc.
Harrisons and Crosfield established branches in the following places:
AFRICA: Nairobi branch opened in 1962/3, becoming part of Phillips, Harrisons and Crosfield from 1965 (see Ms 38092-4).
AUSTRALIA: Offices opened in 1910 in Melbourne. From 1914 Harrisons and Crosfield operated under the style Harrisons Ramsay Proprietary, with further branches in Sydney and other places (see Ms 37842-92).
BELGIUM: Office opened in Brussels in 1963 (see Ms 37090).
BORNEO: The company operated through a subsidiary company Harrisons and Crosfield (Borneo) Ltd, registered 1918 in Sandakan (Ms 37541-61). See also records of Sabah Timber Company Ltd (Ms 38103-78).
CANADA: Harrisons and Crosfield operated through offices at Montreal (opened 1905), Toronto (c 1940) and Vancouver (c 1947) (Ms 37199-207), and through a subsidiary company Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Ltd (Ms 37562-9). See also the records of Dillons Chemical Co (Ms 37570-1).
CHINA: Office opened in Shanghai in 1908 under the style Westphal, King and Ramsay, and from 1918 as Harrisons, King and Irwin (Ms 37642-52). See also the records of Tait and Co which operated in Taiwan (Ms 38195-204).
HOLLAND: The company operated under the style Harrisons and Crosfield (Holland) N.V., 1951-9 (Ms 37576-80).
HONG KONG: Harrisons and Crosfield operated under the style Harrisons, King and Irwin from 1946 (Ms 37642-52), and from 1963 as Harrisons and Crosfield (Hong Kong) Ltd (Ms 37581-6).
INDIA: Branch office opened in Calcutta in 1900 (under the style Lampard, Clark and Co, Ms 37914-25), and Quilon in 1911, with other offices at Calicut and Cochin (Ms 37208-50). See also the records of Davenport and Co (Ms 37462-8).
INDONESIA: Branches opened in Medan and Batavia (Jakarta) in 1910, with sub-offices at Bandoeng (Bandung) from ca. 1916, and Sourabaya (Surabaya) from c 1921 (Ms 37251-82).
JAPAN: Branch office in Kobe opened in 1917 (Ms 37283). See also the records of Jarmain, Davis and Co (Ms 37900-1).
MALAYA: Office opened in Kuala Lumpur in 1907 under the style Crosfield, Lampard and Co (Ms 37447-55). From 1921 see the records of Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya), which also had branches at Singapore and Penang (Ms 37587-627).
NEW ZEALAND: Wellington branch opened in 1910, and from 1914 Harrisons and Crosfield operated in New Zealand under the style Harrisons Ramsay Proprietary Ltd (Ms 37842-92).
SRI LANKA: Colombo branch opened in 1895 under the style Crosfield, Lampard and Co (Ms 37447-55). See also the records of Harrisons Lister Engineering Ltd (Ms 37653-76) and Harrisons and Eastern Export Ltd (Ms 37635-41). From 1908/9 see also the records of Harrisons and Crosfield's Colombo branch (Ms 37284-309).
SWITZERLAND: Office opened in 1962 in Lausanne (Ms 37090).
TAIWAN: See records of Tait and Co (Ms 38195-204).
UNITED STATES: New York branch opened in 1904 under the style Crosfield, Lampard, Clark and Co (Ms 37456-61), from 1908 as Irwin Harrisons and Crosfield Inc, with branches in Philadelphia, Chicago and other places.
Harrisons and Crosfield also operated through a subsidiary company Harrisons and Crosfield (America) Inc of New York (Ms 37523-9). See also Harrisons and Crosfield (Pacific) Inc (Ms 37530)
Harrisons and Crosfield were appointed as secretaries and/or agents to almost all of the plantation companies in which it had a shareholding. The secretarial function was performed in London and included the provision of full management support to the boards of individual plantation companies and the administration of share registers. The overseas branches of Harrisons and Crosfield (eg Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited) acted as agents.
Ankola Tea and Rubber Company Limited was registered in 1911 to acquire estates in Preanger regency in Java. Leaseholds of estate and other assets in Java were vested in N.V. Cultuur Maatschappij Ankola (registered in Java). Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) and The Rubber Plantations Investments Trust held shares in the Company. In 1924 Harrisons and Crosfield purchased the whole of The Rubber Plantations Investments Trust's interest. In 1957 Ankola Tea and Rubber Company went into voluntary liquidation.
For historical notes concerning shareholdings, see CLC/B/112/MS37392.
Auxiliary Investments Limited was registered in 1954 as an investment company. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) acted as secretaries / agents for the company. In 1967/8 it became a wholly owned subsidiary of London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110). For statements of investments 1954-73 see CLC/B/112/MS37069.
This company was registered in 1911 to acquire Bajoe Kidoel, Anim Sand and Trebla Sala estates in Besoeki residency in Java. Its leaseholds and other assets in Java were vested in: N.V. Rubber Cultuur Mij Bajoe Kidoel (from 1960 known as P.T. Perusahaan Perkebunan Bajoe Kidoel), N.V. Bajoe Kidoel Mij and N.V. Celebes Landbouw Mij (from 1960 known as P.T. Perusahaan Perkebunan Sulawesi).
In 1933 it acquired Macassar Plantations Limited. Bajoe Kidoel Rubber and Produce Company Limited was acquired by London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110) in 1961, and in 1982 it became a private company.
This company was registered in 1948 to rehabilitate Japanese "abaca" (manila hemp) estates in Kuhara, North Borneo. Its capital was held by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited and Colonial Development Corporation. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (see CLC/B/112) acted as secretary / managing agents for the sale of rubber and other goods. Mostyn Estates Limited was a subsidiary of Borneo Abaca Limited.
See also CLC/B/112/MS37551.
This company was registered c 1958 in South Africa, with a head office in Johannesburg, as A W Jones, Walker and Carst (Proprietary) Limited. The name changed to Carst and Walker Holdings (Proprietary) Limited in July 1944. It dealt in timber, textiles, chemicals, produce and other general trading.
In 1959 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112-001 to 016) purchased half the share capital. Previously Carst and Walker Holdings (Proprietary) Limited had acted as selling agents of British Borneo Timber Company. In 1969 Carst and Walker Holdings (Proprietary) Limited became a public company and changed its name to Carst and Walker Holdings Limited.
For lists of Company staff see CLC/B/112/MS37341. For papers concerning Japanese interests, see CLC/B/112/MS37901.
This company was registered in 1906 to acquire the Castlefield Rubber Estate in Klang, Selangor, Malaya. It later purchased the Bukit Dinkel Estate (1908), the Rosapenna Rubber Estate (1914), the Eastgate Estate (1915) and the Bukit Benut Estate in Central Johore (1936). Harrisons and Crosfield Limited replaced Bright and Galbraith as secretaries of the company in 1952. Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited (CLC/B/112-071) acted as local agents from 1953.
In 1982 Castlefield (Klang) Rubber Estate Limited was re-registered as a PLC (public limited company). Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Berhad (CLC/B/112-080) acquired the company in 1984 and it was registered in Malaysia for tax purposes.
Deli Estates Engineering and General Union Limited, general traders and recruiters of staff in the Far East (Malaya and Indonesia), was registered in 1914. In 1960/1 it was acquired by London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110). It became a private company in 1984. See also CLC/B/112/MS37276 for accounts 1910-34.
Dillons Klipstein Limited was registered in 1931 to acquire Dillons Limited and the Montreal branch of A Klipstein and Company. It was a private company, based in Montreal and Toronto. In 1932 it was acquired by American Cyranamid and Chemical Corporation, and in 1938 it was acquired by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112).
The name was changed to Dillons Chemical Company Limited in 1939. In 1951 the Company became the sole agents of the products of Fine Chemicals of Canada Limited (see CLC/B/112/MS37572). In 1970 Dillons Chemical Company amalgamated with Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Limited (see CLC/B/112/MS37562-9).
For historical notes concerning Harrisons and Crosfield's shareholdings in the Company see CLC/B/112/MS37392. For staff lists of Dillons Chemical Company Limited see CLC/B/112/MS37340-2.
Fine Chemicals of Canada Limited was registered in 1939 as a manufacturer of bulk pharmaceuticals, fertilizers etc. In 1951 Dillons Chemical Company Limited (CLC/B/112-043) invested $100,000 in Fine Chemicals of Canada Limited and became the sole agents of the Company. Fisons Limited took a joint interest with Dillons Chemical Company Limited in 54.9% of the issued capital. In 1960 Dillons Chemical Company Limited sold their shareholding.
In 1957 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) and Fisons Pest Control Limited (a subsidiary of Fisons Limited) formed a new company, Fisons (Ceylon) Limited, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for the manufacture, handling and importation of fungicides, insecticides, weed-killers, fertilizers and other agricultural chemical products. Harrisons and Fisons Pest Control Limited held an equal number of shares in the Company. In 1959 Fisons Pest Control Limited's shares were transferred to Fisons Limited.
G.T.S. Syndicate Limited was registered in 1920 as an investment company trading in securities. From 1924 the entire share capital was held by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112), and later split between Harrisons and Crosfield Limited and Rubber Plantations Investment Trust. G.T.S. Syndicate acquired Rubber Securities Limited (CLC/B/112-135) which became a wholly owned subsidiary company in 1953.
In 1906 Golden Hope Rubber Estate Limited was registered to acquire the Golden Hope estate, near Klang, Selangor, Malaya. The company took over:
Selaba Rubber Estates Limited (1928),
Balgownie Rubber Estates Limited (1929),
Tai Tak Plantations Limited (1950),
Lumut Rubber Estates Limited (1952),
Klanang Bahru Syndicate Limited (1955),
New Crocodile River (Selangor) Rubber Company Limited (1959),
Bukit Kajang Rubber Estates Limited (1961/2),
Straits Plantations Limited (1962), and
Prang Besar Rubber Estate Limited (1962).
In 1963 its name was changed to Golden Hope Plantations Limited. The company was purchased by Harrisons Malaysian Estates Limited (CLC/B/112-079) in 1977, and it became resident in Malaysia for tax purposes. In April 1982 it became a private company.
Selaba Rubber Estates Limited was registered in 1909 to acquire estates near Telok Anson, in Lower Perak, Malaya. In the same year it also took over Somerset Rubber Estate Limited. In 1928/9 it was acquired by Golden Hope Rubber Estate Limited (CLC/B/112-054).
Hadden and Company was registered in 1938 in Singapore as a private limited company of shipping agents. No other records are known to have survived. The Company's connection with Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) is uncertain. It may be related to James A. Hadden and Company in which Harrisons and Crosfield held an interest.
Harrisons and Crosfield (America) Incorporated was registered in 1945 to acquire the tea export trade of Irwin Harrisons and Whitney (see CLC/B/112-089; Ms 37531-40), to manufacture and sell chromium chemicals and to distribute materials and pharmaceuticals. It was wholly owned by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112). In 1958 it was appointed exclusive sales agents in the USA of Western Copper Mills Limited. In 1960 the Seattle and San Francisco offices were taken over by Harrisons and Crosfield (Pacific) Incorporated (CLC/B/112-072).
In 1964 it acquired Fred Pusinelli and Company, rubber brokers of New York, and in 1979 Samrak Chemical Corporation and American Chrome and Chemicals Incorporated. In 1978/9 Harrisons and Crosfield (America) Incorporated became a holding company for two subsidiaries: Harcros Incorporated and Harrisons and Crosfield (Pacific) Incorporated.
For staff lists see CLC/B/112/MS37341. For historical notes on the Company see CLC/B/112/MS37392.
Harrisons and Crosfield Paterson Fraser Limited was registered in 1938 to acquire Wilson Paterson Gifford Limited and Beaver Soap and Chemicals Limited. In 1939 the name was changed to Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Limited. It is described as a private company in CLC/B/112/MS37392 (notes on Harrisons and Crosfield's subsidiary and associated companies).
Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Limited was distinct from the Canadian branches of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited. The company had a head office in Montreal and branches in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.
In 1970 Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Limited amalgamated with Dillons Chemical Company Limited (CLC/B/112-043), and in 1988 it became part of Harcros Chemical Group.
For historical notes concerning Harrisons and Crosfield's shareholdings in the Company see CLC/B/112/MS37392. For staff lists of Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Limited see CLC/B/112/MS37340-2.
Harrisons and Crosfield (Holdings) Limited was registered in 1959 as an investment holding company. It was originally going to be called Harrisons and Crosfield (OTC) Limited. It held the entire share capital of Harrisons and Crosfield (Borneo) Limited (1960-) (CLC/B/112-066), Harrisons and Crosfield (Hong Kong) Limited (1961/2-70) (CLC/B/112-070), Technical Advisory and Service Company Limited (1963/4-70) (CLC/B/112-154) and British Chrome and Chemicals Limited (1973/4-) (CLC/B/112-027). See CLC/B/112/MS37543/1 for draft memorandum and articles of association 1958-1959.
Harrisons and Crosfield (Hong Kong) Limited was registered in 1961 as a subsidiary company of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112). Harrisons and Crosfield Limited's shareholding in the company was held until 1970 by Harrisons and Crosfield (Holdings) Limited (see CLC/B/112-068; Ms 37574-5), then by Harrisons and Crosfield Securities (see CLC/B/112-075; Ms 37628-31).
In 1963 Harrisons and Crosfield (Hong Kong) Limited took over the tea business of Harrisons King and Irwin Limited (CLC/B/112-083). In 1990 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited sold its holding in the company as part of its general trading division. For staff lists of Harrisons and Crosfield (Hong Kong) Limited see CLC/B/112/MS37341.