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ACCEPTING HOUSES COMMITTEE
GB 0074 CLC/B/003 · Collection · 1914-1989

The Accepting Houses Committee did not keep minutes of its meetings until 1920 "owing to the secrecy of many of the matters dealt with" (Ms 29295/1). Business was mainly carried out by the executive committee (Ms 29295), although annual general meetings were held for a short time, from 1939 to 1944 (Ms 29294). A number of standing and sub-committees were set up subsequently. The earliest was the Technical or Experts sub-committee in 1940 (Ms 29298); other committees, concerning such matters as export finance and computers, were established in the 1970s (Mss 29298-305).

Apart from minutes and associated papers, the main series of records of the Committee comprise reports and accounts (Mss 29306-7), circulars (Mss 29308-9) and membership files (Ms 29310). Among the remaining records (Mss 29311-327) there are a number of files relating to the role and future of the Committee at various points in its existence, and discussions about the criteria for membership.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the London Investment Banking Association (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Accepting Houses Committee x British Merchant Banking and Securities Houses Association
GB 0074 LMA/4555 · Collection · 1986

The collection consists of Statements of Recommended Practice issued by the Accounting Standards Committee.

Accounting Standards Committee
AFRICAN BANKING CORPORATION
GB 0074 CLC/B/207-1 · Collection · 1890-1963

Records of the African Banking Corporation comprising financial accounts, agreements, correspondence and scrapbooks.

Access to records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff). 24 hours notice is required for access to these records.

African Banking Corporation
GB 0809 Alcock · Collection · 1906-1920s

Papers of Alfred Wiliam Alcock, 1906-1920s, comprise autobiographical notes on his life and correspondence on the status of zoology in India and the unsatisfactory condition of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

Alcock , Alfred William , 1858-1933 , zoologist
ANCHOR TAVERNS
GB 0074 ACC/2305/27 · Collection · 1938-1950

Records of Anchor Taverns Limited, caterers to public houses, including memorandum and articles of association, with further copies showing amendments and special resolutions.

Anchor Taverns Ltd , caterers
GB 0074 CLC/B/010 · Collection · 1919-1990

Records of the Anglo-Portuguese Bank Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; Board minutes; annual reports and accounts; correspondence; financial records; manager's files; some staff files; and communications with headquarters in Portugal.

Anglo-Portuguese Colonial and Overseas Bank , 1919-1955 Anglo-Portuguese Bank Ltd , 1955-1977 AP Bank Ltd , 1977-1987 Riggs AP Bank , 1987-2005
GB 0074 CLC/B/012 · Collection · 1683-1954

Records of Antony Gibbs and Sons Limited, merchants and foreign bankers, and their branches and subsidiaries. Records include papers relating to the Gibbs family; correspondence, letters and letter books; ledgers and other financial records; papers and correspondence of branches in Peru, Chile, Australia, the West Indies, New York, Bristol and Liverpool; memoranda; trading agreements; minutes and reports; papers relating to the guano business and papers relating to the iodine industry.

Correspondence with foreign branches will be found in a number of different points in the catalogue. A keyword search of the online catalogue by the name of the branch and 'Gibbs' is the easiest access to branch correspondence.

Antony Gibbs and Sons Ltd , merchants and foreign bankers
BAGSHAW AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/020 · Collection · 1854-1989

Records of Bagshaw and Company, chartered accountants, including partnership agreements; minutes of meetings; financial accounts; and personal papers of William Edward Bagshaw.

Access to records less than 40 years old should be sought from Moore Stephens (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Bagshaw and Co , chartered accountants
BANK OF NIGERIA
GB 0074 CLC/B/207-3 · Collection · 1907-1940

Records of the Bank of Nigeria, comprising specimen signatures book and agenda book.

Anglo-African Bank Ltd x Bank of Nigeria Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-05 · Collection · 1865-1919

Records of the Bankers Guarantee and Trust Fund, comprising Trustees minute books.

Bankers Guarantee and Trust Fund
BONUS, John (1720-1784)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-030 · Collection · 1768-1786

Financial accounts of John Bonus, slopseller, including vouchers and promissory notes.

Bonus , John , 1720-1784 , slopseller
BOOTH WHITE
GB 0074 CLC/B/026 · Collection · 1858-1986

Records of Booth White, insolvency accountants, and subsidiaries Nicholls and Leatherdale; Francis Nicholls White and Company; the British Mercantile Agency; Cooper Craigs Limited; the Paper Trade Protection Association; the Wholesale Chemists and Allied Trades Protection Association; and Parkin S Booth and Company.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Booth White , insolvency accountants
BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-11 · Collection · 1856-1967

Records of the Borneo Company, as follows:
1.Deed of settlement; memorandum and articles of association: Ms 27174-7;

  1. Board, AGM and committee minutes; annual reports and accounts: Ms 27178-90;
  2. Secretary's papers: Ms 27191-8;
  3. Accounts: Ms 27199-231;
  4. Overseas operations records:-
    Agency and general agreements-Ms 27232-43;
    Java and Sumatra-Ms 27244-58;
    Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27259-76;
    Philippines-Ms 27277;
    Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27278-304;
    Siam-Ms 27305-29;
  5. Investments, takeovers and subsidiary company papers:-
    Australia-Ms 27330-45;
    Canada -Ms 27346-50;
    Hong Kong-Ms 27351;
    Colombia-Ms 27352;
    Cuba-Ms 27353;
    India-Ms 27354-5;
    Java and Sumatra-Ms 27356-9;
    Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27360-400;
    Netherlands-Ms 27401-2;
    Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27403-19;
    Siam-Ms 27420;
    United Kingdom-Ms 27421-3;
  6. Publicity and sales material: Ms 27424-6;
  7. Staff records: Ms 27427-43;
  8. Property records (London only): Ms 27430-6;
  9. Centenary celebrations and notes for centenary history: Ms 27437-43;
  10. Photographs: Ms 27444-66;
  11. Branch records:-
    Sarawak: Kuching-Ms 27467-70;
    Siam: Bangkok -Ms 27471-4.
Borneo Company x Borneo Co Ltd
BOURNEMOUTH WINE
GB 0074 ACC/2305/50 · Collection · 1924-1970

Records of the Bournemouth Wine Company Limited, comprising register of seals; papers and correspondence, including those relating to change of name and memorandum and articles of association.

Bournemouth Wine Company Ltd Stratford Catering Company Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/031 · Collection · 1917-1993

Minutes of the British Overseas and Commonwealth Banks Association.

British Overseas Banks Association x British Overseas and Commonwealth Banks Association
GB 0074 CLC/B/032 · Collection · 1860-1968

Records of Brown, Shipley and Company Limited, merchant bankers. These archives relate to the Founders' Court and Pall Mall offices. They comprise some articles of partnership, minutes, correspondence, customer account records, financial material and some office plans.

Brown, Shipley and Co Ltd , merchant bankers
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-044 · Collection · 1746-1778

Account book of undertaker Richard Carpender, containing copies of bills for individual funerals, 1764-5; ledger account of purchases such as coffins, coffin-plates, textiles, gloves, feathers, 1746-7; and accounts of corn bought for horse and of the hire of the horse for journeys from London, 1763-6.

Carpender , Richard , 1725-1778 , undertaker
CATERING SERVICES
GB 0074 ACC/2305/42 · Collection · 1970

Records of Catering Services (Newark) Limited, comprising register of seals; one entry only.

Catering Services (Newark) Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/2855 · Collection · 1904-1924

Account book of the London Coffee and Eating House Keepers' Benevolent Association (later the Catering Trade's Benevolent Association).

London Coffee and Eating House Keepers' Benevolent Association
CAZENOVE AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/039 · Collection · 1853-2003

Records of Cazenove and Company, investment bankers. The records are especially strong for financial records (including partners' and staff ledgers), and the company's late 20th century history, particularly the period around "Big Bang" in the 1980s, and leading up to incorporation in 2001. As well as partnership deeds, minutes, accounts and financial records, they include the papers of a number of partners, including Mark Loveday who was Senior Partner 1994-2001 and retired on the point of incorporation, and a significant amount of material gathered in the course of research for the company's history. The archives include copy material dating from 1823.

The archives are subject to a 30 year closure rule and are on 24 hours call. Access to some of the correspondence is subject to special conditions. For further details about access, please enquire with staff.

Cazenove and Co , investment bankers
GB 0074 CLC/B/029-03 · Collection · 1895-1918

Records of the Central Association of Bankers, a society promoting the interests of banks, comprising annual reports and accounts; minutes; circulars and reports.

Restricted access to later records.

Central Association of Bankers , society promoting the interests of banks
GB 0074 CLC/B/207-4 · Collection · 1854-1979

Records of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, also known as Chartered Bank, including half-yearly head office and branch balance sheets 1858-1972; half-yearly returns from London and head office 1859-1976; staff records 1854-1960; schedules of bank premises, insurance and strongroom provision 1911-1979 and some miscellaneous papers 1863.

Access to the bank's archives is subject to a 45-year rule, with a 70-year rule for specifically personnel records.

These records are still being catalogued and the Archive holds around 75 linear yards of material dating from 1853 which does not appear in the catalogue and for which there is as yet no accurate list. This uncatalogued material is at present unavailable to readers.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China x Chartered Bank
GB 0074 CLC/B/050 · Collection · 1600-1875

The papers of Abbott, Clayton and Morris consist of the business and family records of two generations and form one of the earliest and largest extant collections of Stuart-era financial records. There are also related records of Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (1648-1689), a close personal friend of Robert Clayton. (Clayton was appointed by Jeffreys as a trustee of his family settlement drawn up in 1689.) Jeffreys was Common Serjeant (1671-1678) and Recorder of London (1678-1680).

Clayton and Morris , scriveners, merchant bankers and estate agents
GB 0074 CLC/133 · Collection · 1867-1963

Minutes of the trustees of the Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Fund.

Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Fund
GB 0074 CLC/B/029-04 · Collection · 1821-1988

Records of the Committee of London Clearing Bankers, later known as the Committee of London and Scottish Bankers, including minute books of various Committees; papers relating to advertising, public relations, exhibitions and shows including photographs; papers relating to the banking information service; papers relating to bank staff associations and employment in banks; statistics; papers relating to banking arrangements for coal, gas, electricity, transport, iron and steel, shipbuilding, agriculture, industry, exports, small firms, students and the disabled; and papers relating to matters concerning banks including income tax, bank taxation, stamp duty, professional secrecy, nationalisation, security and fraud, hours of business, accounting procedures, legislation, investments, foreign currency and debit rates.

Restricted access to later records.

Committee of London Clearing Bankers x Committee of Bankers x Committee of London and Scottish Bankers
GB 0074 CLC/B/056 · Collection · 1915-1953

Records of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia London office, including ledgers, financial accounts and registers.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
CULL AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/163-02 · Collection · 1935-1944

Records of Cull and Company, private bankers, comprising minute books, financial accounts and register.

Please note that access to these records requires written permission from Morgan Grenfell and Company: details are available from a member of staff.

Cull and Co Ltd , private bank
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-063 · Collection · 1779-1784

Current account ledgers of a merchant banker, perhaps a predecessor of Samuel Dobree and Sons.

Unknown.
EASTERN BANK LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/207-5 · Collection · 1909-1972

Records of Eastern Bank Limited. The archives are those of the London Head Office, and most of the correspondence is in the name of the General Manager. The collection includes corporate records; minutes; General Manager's papers; accounts; correspondence with branches; inspection of branches; lending (except the Mundhra loan); staff records; and premises records.

Access to the archives is subject to a 45 year rule, with a 70 year rule for records containing personally sensitive information. In addition, all records are held off-site, and require at least 24 hours notice for access.

Eastern Bank Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/207-6 · Collection · 1953-1971

Papers of the Eastern Bank Limited relating to the Mundhra Loan, including correspondence; Board memoranda, news cuttings and correspondence relating to the Mundhra Group; memoranda, progress reports, statistics and legal papers regarding Brahmapootra Tea Company (India) Limited and the Osler Electric Lamp Manufacturing Company Limited; and correspondence with Chartered Bank regarding the Mundhra Group.

Access to the archives is subject to a 45 year rule, with a 70 year rule for records containing personally sensitive information. In addition, all records are held off-site, and require at least 24 hours notice for access.

Eastern Bank Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/026-3 · Collection · 1883-1955

Records of Francis Nicholls White and Company, insolvency accountants, including financial accounts, letters, deeds, list of clients and staff address book.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Francis Nicholls White and Co , insolvency accountants
FRANKLIN WILD AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/086 · Collection · 1891-1974

Records of Franklin Wild and Company, accountants, including letter book and financial accounts, including ledgers and cash books.

Franklin Wild and Co , accountants
GERRARD AND NATIONAL LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/097 · Collection · 1856-1993

The records of the National Discount Company Limited, discount bankers, comprise minutes, lists of directors and chairmen, accounts, papers and photographs. The majority of the archives date from the latter years of the company's operations; much earlier material was destroyed in accordance with the company's policy on non-current records (see Ms 18199). However, some classes of record survive complete from 1856.

The records of Gerrard and National Limited, discount bankers, comprise accounts, correspondence and papers.

Gerrard and National Ltd , discount bankers National Discount Co Ltd , discount bankers Gerrard and National Discount Co Ltd , discount bankers
GILLET BROTHERS LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/100 · Collection · 1867-1965

Records of Gillet Brothers Limited, discount bankers, including constitutional documents, ledgers, cash books, calculations relating to the firm's business, correspondence, circulars, deeds, notes concerning staff and offices, essays on discount banking by members of the firm, and histories of the firm.

Gillet Brothers Ltd , discount bankers
GOOD VIEW RESTAURANT
GB 0074 LMA/4509 · Collection · 198- - 199-

Records of the 'Good View Restaurant' Chinese take-away, comprising weekly acounts and supply re-ordering sheets, dating to the 1980s and 1990s.

Good View Restaurant , Chinese restaurant
GUINNESS, MAHON AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/108 · Collection · 1856-1974

Records of Guinness, Mahon and Company, mainly comprising correspondence between partners, but there are also memorandum and articles of association, 1956-1966 (Ms 38588); agreements and related papers, 1856-1893 (Ms 38589); board minutes and interim accounts, 1966-8 (Ms 38590); and papers relating to the Guinness family, 1924-69 (Ms 38612).

Henry Samuel Howard Guinness (1888-1975), usually referred to in the papers as "S.G.", was a director of Guinness and Mahon Limited, Dublin, and a senior partner in Guinness, Mahon and Company, London. It appears that he wrote many of the notes on the history of the firm and the Guinness family which can be found in this collection. Some of the bundles and files of papers may also have been compiled by him.

Guinness, Mahon and Co , bankers
HAMBROS BANK LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/110 · Collection · 1822-1959

The surviving records of Hambros Bank Limited include:

  1. Accounts;

    1. Correspondence: from 1836-c 1864 there are separate bundles or files for each correspondent or topic, from 1861-1892 there is also a general series of "private letters" in annual bundles;
    2. Loan papers: from 1880 an additional series of correspondence and related papers was kept, arranged in bundles by loan. The bundles were kept in "loan boxes" (if the loan was made) or "rejected addresses" (if the loan was not made);
    3. Agreements;
    4. General business papers;
    5. Administrative papers: internal organisation, title deeds etc;
    6. Family papers.

    There is however a considerable overlap between material in many of the categories mentioned above and a number of documents relate to personal and family as well as business matters. The records of the Hambro family (MS19216- 20B) include baptismal certificates, photographs, papers relating to probate and related items.

    Permission for access to records post-1975 should be sought from the depositor. Please ask a member of staff for further information.

Hambros Bank Ltd
HERBERT CHAPPELL LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/114 · Collection · 1862-1963

Records of Herbert Chappell Limited, tailors, including pattern book, price list, self-measurement forms and notes on the history of the firm.

Herbert Chappell Ltd , tailors
HILL VELLACOTT
GB 0074 CLC/B/117 · Collection · 1860-1988

Records of Hill Vellacott, accountants, including partnership agreements; partners' minute book; correspondence; financial accounts; client files; photographs of partners; papers regarding staff; and lectures and speeches on accountancy.

Hill Vellacott , accountants
GB 0074 CLC/B/124 · Collection · 1870-2011

Records of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, including charter, minutes of the Council and various Committees; committee reports; bye-laws; circulars; correspondence; legal papers; legal advice; precedent books of complaints; membership lists and registers; scrapbooks; and papers regarding the International Congress of Accounting.

Records of the Institute of Accountants; including minute books; rules and regulations; and letter books.

Records of the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors; including minute books; registers of members; and papers relating to staff.

Records of Chartered Accountants' Trustees Limited and associated funds, records of Chartered Accountants' Charities Limited and records of The Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Limited (CCAB)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MAIN MEMBERSHIP RECORDS AND INDEXES HAVE BEEN RETAINED BY THE INSTITUTE AND ONLY SUBSIDIARY RECORDS ARE HELD AT LMA. All enquiries about membership should therefore be directed to the Registrar, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Gloucester House, 399 Silbury Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK9 2HL.

ICAEW , Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales x Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
ISSUING HOUSES ASSOCIATION
GB 0074 CLC/B/127 · Collection · 1944-1988

Records of the Issuing Houses Association including executive committee minutes (Ms 29328), reports and accounts (Mss 29329-331), membership files (Mss 29332-3), copies of the Association's rules (Ms 29336) and a useful booklet about Issuing Houses and the Issuing Houses Association (Ms 29337).

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the London Investment Banking Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff). The Association retains its more recent records. No other records are known to exist.

Issuing Houses Association
J LYONS AND COMPANY
GB 0074 LMA/4306 · Collection · 1930?-1939?

Records of J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers comprising a 'Nippy' notebook belonging to Ethel Fage, dated to the 1930s. 'Nippy' was the nickname given to waitresses at Lyon's Corner Houses, who wore distinctive uniforms.

J Lyons and Company Limited , food manufacturers and caterers
J LYONS AND COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4271 · Collection · 2000

Records relating to J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, comprising copy of publication "The Lyons lithographs" by Richard Russell, 2000.

Russell , Richard , fl 2000 , author
J. LYONS AND COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 ACC/3527 · Collection · 1891-1995

Records of J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, 1891-1995. The archives reflect all aspects of the company's history. There are some of the usual company records relating to management, shareholding and administration, but the collection is particularly strong in what may be termed ephemera. There are hundreds of photographs, from 1887 up to the present day, a few films and videos, and large collections of press cuttings, advertisements, menus and even a set of lithographs which were commissioned by the company after the Second World War as a way of brightening up Lyons Corner Houses.

J Lyons and Company Limited , food manufacturers and caterers
KIRBY AND BROWN {TAILORS}
GB 0074 O/414 · Collection · 1852

Deed of dissolution of partnership between tailors Stephen Brown, 63 Buttesland St, Hoxton and Daniel Kirby, 43 Harmood St, Kentish Town, 1852.

Kirby and Brown , tailors
KLEINWORT BENSON GROUP
GB 0074 CLC/B/140 · Collection · 1690-1990s

Records of Kleinwort Benson Group and its predecessors including Kleinwort, Sons and Company relating to the merchant bank and its clients across the world.

The collection consists of a comprehensive series of business records with archives of constituent predecessors, acquired companies and interests. They include partners' and staff papers, operational materials, accounting and financial records, client records and staff and property papers. The records relate to company origins, partners and staff, clients and business concerns across the globe since the 19th century.

Highlights include Kleinwort, Sons and Company's 'subject files' (series reference CLC/B/140/KS04/03) which contain reports and correspondence concerning business ventures, proposals and clients. They document global business concerns and provide a valuable insight to the working practices of the company. Files document issues faced by the firm and its clients in the early to mid-20th century clients including declined international business proposals, fraudulent and enemy debts arising during times of war.

Other highlights are partners' letter books which record their outgoing correspondence discussing both business and family matters. An example is a letter by Herman Anton Andreae in 1915 on his views in support of the decision to establish conscription (enforced enlistment) in the recruitment of soldiers in the First World War (CLC/B/140/KS02/03/002).

The earliest business records are those of Sharps Pixley Limited and its predecessors Sharps Wilkins and Pixley and Abell (CLC/B/140/SP01 to 06). These include monthly ledgers from 1796 (CLC/B/140/SP03/03) and other bullion dealing series (CLC/B/140/SP04/01).

Kleinwort, Sons and Co , merchant bankers Kleinwort Benson Limited , merchant bankers
GB 0074 CLC/B/207-7 · Collection · 1860-1877

London and South African Bank records comprise: charters of incorporation, 1860, 1864-5; general ledgers, 1869-77; deed of settlement, 1861; correspondence, 1867-8; and contract of service, 1864.

London and South African Bank
GB 0074 CLC/B/029-05 · Collection · 1853-1900

Papers of the London Joint Stock Banks Committee comprising signed minute books.

Restricted access to later records.

London Joint Stock Banks Committee
GB 0120 GC/25 · Collection · 1872-1964

Louisa Martindale collection, 1872-1964. The collection consists of Section A: a little personal correspondence, papers, articles, speeches and lectures by Louisa Martindale, and some personal material including notes on the glaucoma which eventually blinded her, 1872-1960; and Section B: papers concerning the Medical Women's International Association (founded 1919) of which Miss Martindale was President from 1937 to 1947. As well as her own correspondence in this capacity, 1937-1946, there is one file of the correspondence of Mme Montreuil-Strauss, Secretary of the Medical Women's International Association at his period. (Louisa Martindale destroyed the vast bulk of her case records at the time of her retirement from practice around 1950, those remaining were destroyed by her executors after her death).

Martindale , Louisa , 1872-1966 , surgeon
Medical Society of London
GB 0120 AMS/MF/4 · Collection · 1773-1938

Council minutes 1773-1938; minutes of meetings, 1773-1937; minutes of meetings and statutes, 1773-1937; documents relating to John Coakley Lettsom, 18th and 19th Century; case study and minutes, 1774-1922.

Medical Society of London