GB 0074 CLC/B/101-04 1885-1980 Collection 24 production units. African Direct Telegraph Co Ltd x African Direct Telegraph and Trust Co Ltd 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 African Direct Telegraph Company Limited was formed in 1885 by John Pender to link the main British ports on the west coast of Africa with each other and with England. The company was renamed in 1957 as African Direct Telegraph and Trust Company Limited and in 1965 as Electra Investments Limited. Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1990 by Globe Investment Trust Plc as part of the records of Globe Telegraph and Trust Co Ltd and associated companies. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009. Records of the African Direct Telegraph Company Limited, comprising papers relating to the formation of the company; minutes and papers of board meetings; annual reports and accounts; ledgers and journal. Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section. Access by appointment only. Please contact staff. Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor. English Please see online catalogues at: [ http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm ](http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm) CLC/B/101-01: Globe Telegraph and Trust Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-02: Aberdeen, Ceylon and Eastern Trust Ltd; CLC/B/101-03: Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London Trust Ltd; CLC/B/101-04: African Direct Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-05: Associated Cable Companies; CLC/B/101-06: British Australian Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-07: British Indian Extension Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-08: British Indian Submarine Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-09: Cable and Wireless (Holding) Ltd; CLC/B/101-10: Cable and Wireless Ltd; CLC/B/101-11: Cables Investment Trust Ltd; CLC/B/101-12: China Submarine Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-13: Companhia Telegrafica Platino Brasileira; CLC/B/101-14: Connaught Trust Ltd; CLC/B/101-15: Deutsche See Telegraphen Gesellschaft; CLC/B/101-16: Direct Spanish Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-17: Eastern and South African Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-18: Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-19: Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-20: Electra House Ltd; CLC/B/101-21: Europe and Azores Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-22: Falmouth, Gibraltar and Malta Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-23: Great Western Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-24: Marseilles, Algiers and Malta Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-25: Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-26: Pacific and European Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-27: River Plate Telegraph Co Ltd; CLC/B/101-28: Share Investment Trust; CLC/B/101-29: Victoria Embankment Properties Ltd; CLC/B/101-30: West African Telegraph Co Ltd. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. November 2010 to January 2011. England London African Direct Telegraph Co Ltd x African Direct Telegraph and Trust Co Ltd Communication industry Information sources Documents Business records Telecommunications Telegraphy Telegraphs Communication equipment Telegraph cables UK Western Europe Europe West Africa Africa