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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).

Records of Legal and General (Unit Assurance) Limited, comprising memorandum and articles of association, annual reports and accounts.

Records of Legal and General (Unit Pensions) Limited, comprising minutes of annual general meetings and annual reports and accounts.

Records of Legal and General Investment Trust Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; annual reports and accounts; register of directors and secretaries; register of directors' holdings; and financial records.

Papers of the Reconstruction and Planning Committee of the London Brewer's Council, comprising files of correspondence and reports relating to the distribution and redevelopment of public houses in the Greater London area, 1944-86, with a box contents list and card index.

London Fish Merchants' Assocation (Billingsgate) Limited records comprise minutes, registers of directors and of members, accounts and the memorandum and articles of association.

Records of the Machinery Users' Association comprising: minutes, 1893-1975; annual reports, 1934-1936; presidential address to the annual general meeting, 1934; register of rating assessments, 1964-1976; press-cuttings, 1922-1923; scrapbooks of miscellaneous documents, 1889-1913; and centenary booklet, 1987.

Records of predecessor companies of the accountants Moores Rowland, comprising Edward Moore and Sons; Sewell, Hutchinson and Company; Waissen Wilson; and Westcott, Maskall and Company.

Edward Moore and Sons records include London partnership meeting minutes; ledgers; cash books; salaries books; inventory of furniture at the Thames House offices; correspondence; and notes concerning the history of the company.

Sewell, Hutchinson and Company records comprise a balance sheet, 1934; ledgers, 1929-43; and a cash book, 1934-1945.

Waissen Wilson records comprise client records only and include financial and other records relating to the Le Bas Investment Trust, Edward Le Bas and Company and the estate of Edward Le Bas, 1932-67. Edward Le Bas (1904-66) was a painter and collector.

Westcott, Maskall and Company records include various financial and administrative records of the firm 1890-1952.

Please note access is restricted to records less than 30 years old.

Records of Morgan Grenfell and Company Limited, merchant bankers, and their predecessors; comprising ledgers, journals, letter books, correspondence and other papers.

Access to all the records is restricted to persons with written permission from the depositor (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of Mullens and Company, stockbrokers and H M Government brokers, comprising: partnership deeds and related papers, 1862-1964; papers re the formation of an unlimited company, 1946-1965; operational records, c 1850-1954; financial records, 1815-1966; records relating to staff, 1916-48; property records, 1934-1951, and family papers, 1706-1922.

Information on access to records less than 40 years old is available from a member of staff.

National Mutual Life Assurance Society records include constitutional documents, minutes, annual reports and accounts, seal books, reports, policy records and other administrative papers. 24 hours notice is required for access to this material. The records are subject to a 30 year rule: the permission of the depositor is required for access to material less than 30 years old (ask a member of staff for further information).

Whittington Life Assurance Company records comprise constitutional documents, records of policies, prospectuses and other administrative material. 24 hours notice is required for access to this material.

Business and social correspondence of Edward Oates, attorney, of Leeds and Furnival's Inn.

The records of PW Flower and Sons, merchants, concern the company's trading interests and property investments, and the affairs and investments of the Flower family (see CLC/B/173/MS19469 for a Flower family tree) and of other families with shared or related interests; they include the papers of various trustees by whom some family and business activities were administered.

The records include:

• Mss 19338-55: business records: general, or relating to more than one country;
• Mss 19356-78: business records: Australia, including some Salting family papers (see also Mss 19470-89);
• Mss 19379-93: business records: India, including some Pearse family papers;
• Mss 19394-99: estate records: general or relating to more than one estate;
• Mss 19400-9: estate records: individual estates or properties (except Park Town);
• Mss 19410-38: estate records: Park Town, except maps and plans which are catalogued in the Print and Maps Section;
• Mss 19439-46: family records: executors of P.W. Flower, including references to business and estate matters;
• Mss 19447-69: family records: general, including references to business and estate matters;
• Mss 19470-89: Papers relating to the Salting family of Australia (with which the Flower family had business connections; see also Mss 19356-78) and in particular to George Salting (d 1909) art collector and benefactor to public art galleries.

The records of Arbanash (Roumania) Oil Company comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1912 and 1929; minutes of board and general meetings, 1928-1955; annual balance sheets and accounts, 1939-1948, final accounts for 1948 and correspondence regarding winding up, 1950; cash book and private ledger, 1939-1958.

The records of Phoenix Oil Products Limited comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1924, 1926 and 1947; minutes of board meetings, 1926-50 and general meetings, 1927-50; financial statements, 1927-47; directors' annual reports and accounts, 1927-46; ledgers, sales ledgers, journals and cash book, 1926-51; papers regarding the nationalisation of Roumanian industry, 1950; papers regarding liquidation, 1950-2; annual balance sheets and accounts of Runo-Everth Treibstoff und Oel A. G., 1939-49; reports on visits to offices of Runo-Everth Treibstoff und Oel A.G., 1947.

The records of Unirea S.A.R. de Petrol comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1921 and trust deed, 1940; annual balance sheets and accounts, 1937-8 and notes on accounts of 1939; petroleum and crude oil stock valuation, 1939; reports on company organisation and methods, 1932-3; reports on internal and external sales departments, 1940-4; papers of Major E. Boaden including correspondence and reports, 1942-8; maps and plans of oilfields, 1919-38 and photograph of royal warrant of appointment, 1930.

Records of the Plywood Chest Association including minutes; agreements; memoranda; correspondence; sales ledgers; financial accounts; monthly returns of shipments; price lists and lists of members' agents.

Records of Press Association Limited, including:

1. Corporate records (including articles of association, agreements and minutes);

   2. Share records (including P.A. Share Purchase Company);
   3. Internal administration records;
   4. Financial records;
   5. Operational records (including the Press Association and Exchange Telegraph Service);
   6. Staff records;
   7. Records relating to correspondents;
   8. Property records;
   9. Other Press Association records (including histories of the Association);
   10. Central News;
   11. Reuters;
   12. P.A. Features Limited;
   13. Press Association Photos Limited.

   Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the Press Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of Directors of Harrisons and Crosfield, including correspondence; papers of director and chairman Sir Eric Miller; papers of director Sir Leonard Paton and papers of director Haydn Oliver Peake.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited relating to insurance; including Insurance Department reports, financial accounts, papers and policy journals; and papers relating to insurance claims, particularly for cargoes diverted or requisitioned during the Second World War.

Administrative records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including organisational charts; papers relating to the directors of the company; reports on the organisation of the company; book 'sphere of operations', produced by the company to outline its departments, branches and subsidiaries; circulars; correspondence and lists of records.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of the Indian branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including correspondence with head office; memoranda; papers regarding the business including trading, shipping and property; papers relating to staffing issues including disputes and migration; press cuttings and notes relating to the political situation in India; and financial accounts.

Records of the Sri Lanka branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including correspondence with head office; administrative papers; papers relating to projects including the construction of new lead mills; papers relating to shares; papers regarding tea shipments; and financial accounts.

Records of Allied Sumatra Plantations Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; prospectus and circulars to shareholders.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of the Ankola Tea and Rubber Company Limited including articles of association; prospectuses; annual reports; correspondence and reports on the estates.

Records of Borneo Abaca Limited, comprising correspondence relating to the acquisition and administration of estates in Borneo, and some minutes and accounts.

Records of Chandler, Hargreaves, Whittall and Company Limited, insurance brokers, comprising general correspondence and papers relating to the purchase of the company by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited.

Records of Cowie Harbour Coal Company Limited, including articles of association; ledger; and report on coal produced at Borneo.

Records of Djasinga Rubber and Produce Company Limited, including articles of association; board minute books; general meetings minute book; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; and photographs of tea, rubber and coffee operations on the estates.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of Golden Hope Plantations Limited, rubber estates management, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; financial accounts; and some papers of subsidiary Coconut Plantations of Perak Limited.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Papers of the Dusun Durian Rubber Estate Limited, comprising reports of visits to the Dusun Durian estates and circulars to shareholders.

Records of the New Crocodile River (Selangor) Rubber Company Limited, including articles of association; board minutes; annual reports; and circulars to shareholders.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield (America) Incorporated, including board minutes; correspondence with other branches of Harrisons and Crosfield; memoranda from the head office; financial accounts and auditor's reports.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield Latex Limited, including annual reports; correspondence with head office; and correspondence relating to the purchase of shares.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of Prideaux and Sons, solicitors, comprising day books 1855-1941; cash, petty cash and disbursement accounts 1847-1924 and letter books 1898-1921.

Records of the Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association, including minutes, financial material, records of policies and claims, and records of the benevolent fund. The records include some records of the Planet (later Citizen) Assurance Corporation Limited, which was absorbed by the Association in 1874.

Records of the Prudential Assurance Company Limited relating to property in the City of London owned by the Company, including sales particulars, sales agreements, abstracts of title and plans.

Records of Ralli Brothers Limited, merchants, comprising printed annual reports 1953-60; financial records 1814-1857; powers of attorney 1839 and 1847; correspondence 1868-1872; business papers 1836-1866 and 1908, and report on organisation 1939; letting agreement 1843 and historical notes 1902-1952.

Records of Richard Ellis and Son, surveyors and estate agents, relating chiefly to individual sales of property and building projects and dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The records comprise memorandum and articles of association, minutes, instructions for agents and financial records.

Records of the Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Fund, including Council and committee minutes, 1919-1955; attendance book, 1903-1963; ledgers, 1878-1946; and register of claims, 1868-1930.

Records of the County Fire Office Limited, including instructions to agents; deed of constitution; deeds of settlement; papers relating to the takeover by Alliance Assurance Company; minutes; annual reports and accounts; financial records; share registers; specimen policies; correspondence; policy registers; registers of fires in London; staff registers; newsletters; papers relating to office premises; notes on the history of the Company; and photographs.

The archives contain many references to the Provident Life Office, the sister company of the County Fire Office, with which it shared many of its premises and staff.

Records of the Law Life Assurance Society comprise: policy registers 1823-1912; minutes 1823-1911; accounts 1823-91; papers relating to the transfer of business to Phoenix Assurance 1909-10; and papers concerning directors of the company 1910-33.

The Law Union and Rock Insurance Company Limited records comprise: deed of settlement, prospectus, agreements, conveyances and related papers 1854-1970; AGM minutes and annual reports and accounts 1855-1970; board minutes and agendas 1858-1973; committee minutes and reports 1857-1935; seal registers 1896-1964; correspondence and reports 1901-28; policy registers 1854-67; instructions to agents 1898-1903; scrapbooks ca.1888-1961; and records concerning staff 1896-1957.

Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the depositor.

The London and Lancashire Insurance Company Limited records comprise constitutional documents, minutes, annual reports and accounts, seal books, policy registers and other administrative papers.

They may be freely consulted with the exception of a few items less than 30 years old which may only be seen with the permission of the depositor, from whom permission must also be sought to publish any material.

The Provident Life Office collection comprises constitutional records, minutes, annual reports and other administrative items, as well as the life policy registers for 1806-1906.

The Reading and District Mutual Plate Glass Insurance Company records comprise a policy register 1896-1918; and a ledger 1896-1926.

General administrative records of Sun Insurance Office Limited, including standing order books; resolutions; papers regarding company policy, management and office organisation; papers relating to general insurance matters and other insurance companies; legal memoranda; newspaper cuttings; policy documents; prospectuses; circulars; blank policy forms; booklets; statistics; papers relating to Sun Life Assurance Society; papers relating to the London Fire Engine Establishment and the London Salvage Corps; and a history by FB Relton.

The administrative records cover the domestic division of the Sun into 'Town' and 'Country' departments, and also the records of the foreign division from its inception in 1836.

This section includes notebooks and scrapbooks compiled by Francis Boyer Relton, who was Office Secretary 1873-82.

THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.

Records of the Sun Insurance Office Limited relating to finance; including annual accounts; summary of income; quarterly accounts and statements; ledgers; cash books; reports; and profits book.

THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.