Collection GB 0074 CLC/443 - DENT FAMILY

9 production units.

GB 0074 CLC/443 1850-1969 Collection 9 production units. Dent , family , watchmakers

Under the terms of the will of Edward John Dent (1790-1853), the business of E. Dent and Company Limited, watchmakers (founded in 1840) was divided between his stepsons with Richard Edward Dent, formerly Rippon, inheriting the business in Cockspur Street. On his death in 1856 the business passed to his wife Marianna Frederica Dent and became independent, trading as M.F. Dent until 1920, when it was acquired by E. Dent and Company Limited. Between 1856 and 1920 the business was run by various members of the Dent family.

These records were deposited at Guildhall Library in July 1989 by Bolton and Lowe, solicitors, per the British Records Association. They were catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Dent family, watchmakers, comprising legal papers, deeds and related papers mainly relating to family estates and property in Charing Cross and Worthing.

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

For further details of the Dent family and business, see E Dent and Company (CLC/B/073).

See also Edward John Dent and his successors by Vaudrey Mercer, The Antiquarian Horological Society, 1977.

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.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Civil law Property ownership Family archives Deeds Title deeds Property Property transfer Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records People People by roles Property owners Right to property Property law E Dent and Co Ltd , clock and watch makers Worthing Sussex England UK Western Europe Europe Charing Cross City of Westminster London Civil and political rights Legal systems Law Human rights

These records were deposited at Guildhall Library in July 1989 by Bolton and Lowe, solicitors, per the British Records Association. They were catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Dent family, watchmakers, comprising legal papers, deeds and related papers mainly relating to family estates and property in Charing Cross and Worthing.

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.

• anglais

• latin

English

For further details of the Dent family and business, see E Dent and Company (CLC/B/073).

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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.

• anglais