Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/192-28 - MONARCH FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-28

Title

MONARCH FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1835-1857 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

12 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

This company, established as the Licensed Victuallers and General Fire and Life Assurance Company in 1835 and renamed Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Company in 1836, provided insurance both in the United Kingdom and overseas.

It was acquired by Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance in 1857, at which time its address was 4 Adelaide Place. This company became a subsidiary of Royal Insurance Company in 1919.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-28 1835-1857 Collection 12 production units. Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Co

This company, established as the Licensed Victuallers and General Fire and Life Assurance Company in 1835 and renamed Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Company in 1836, provided insurance both in the United Kingdom and overseas.

It was acquired by Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance in 1857, at which time its address was 4 Adelaide Place. This company became a subsidiary of Royal Insurance Company in 1919.

The records of Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Company were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Royal Insurance Company in 1965. They were catalogued in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

The Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Company records comprise: committee minutes 1835-57; copy deed of settlement, 1836; and deed of arrangement, 1857.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

48 hours notice required for access.

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

The records of Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Company were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Royal Insurance Company in 1965. They were catalogued in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The Monarch Fire and Life Assurance Company records comprise: committee minutes 1835-57; copy deed of settlement, 1836; and deed of arrangement, 1857.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

48 hours notice required for access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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