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- 1844-1882 (Creation)
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10 production units.
Context area
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Biographical history
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.
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Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/104 1844-1882 Collection 10 production units. Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society
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.
Walter Prideaux had been attorney to the Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society, 1844-82, and Ms 8809-8818 were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Prideaux and Sons, solicitors, in 1954. Ms 21191 was donated to the Manuscripts Section by the Goldsmiths' Company in 1967. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society including deeds of settlement; forms of policies; agreements and assignments; and papers relating to clients and policy holders.
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
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.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Walter Prideaux had been attorney to the Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society, 1844-82, and Ms 8809-8818 were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Prideaux and Sons, solicitors, in 1954. Ms 21191 was donated to the Manuscripts Section by the Goldsmiths' Company in 1967. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
Records of the Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society including deeds of settlement; forms of policies; agreements and assignments; and papers relating to clients and policy holders.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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Conditions governing access
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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Language(s)
- English