Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/163 - MORGAN GRENFELL AND COMPANY LIMITED

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0074 CLC/B/163

Titre

MORGAN GRENFELL AND COMPANY LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1854-1978 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

1554 production units.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

George Peabody, a partner in Peabody Riggs and Company, merchants of Baltimore, with offices at 31 Moorgate, established his own business as a merchant at the same address in 1838. He ended his association with the American firm in ca.1843 and removed to 6 Warnford Court in 1845. In 1852 he took Mr. O. C. Gooch into partnership and the style of the firm changed to George Peabody and Company, merchants.

In 1854 it moved to 22 Old Broad Street. In the same year Junius Spencer Morgan became a partner and upon Peabody's retirement in 1864 the style of the firm became J S Morgan and Company (London Directories refer to it as Junius Spencer Morgan and Company until 1895). Edward Grenfell became a full partner in 1904 and the style Morgan Grenfell was adopted on 1 January 1910. Between 1918 and 1934 the bank was a private unlimited company, and in 1934 it became a private limited company.

Histoire archivistique

GB 0074 CLC/B/163 1854-1978 Collection 1554 production units. Morgan Grenfell and Co Limited , merchant bankers

George Peabody, a partner in Peabody Riggs and Company, merchants of Baltimore, with offices at 31 Moorgate, established his own business as a merchant at the same address in 1838. He ended his association with the American firm in ca.1843 and removed to 6 Warnford Court in 1845. In 1852 he took Mr. O. C. Gooch into partnership and the style of the firm changed to George Peabody and Company, merchants.

In 1854 it moved to 22 Old Broad Street. In the same year Junius Spencer Morgan became a partner and upon Peabody's retirement in 1864 the style of the firm became J S Morgan and Company (London Directories refer to it as Junius Spencer Morgan and Company until 1895). Edward Grenfell became a full partner in 1904 and the style Morgan Grenfell was adopted on 1 January 1910. Between 1918 and 1934 the bank was a private unlimited company, and in 1934 it became a private limited company.

The records were deposited at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section in 1984, 1990 and 1992. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Morgan Grenfell and Company Limited, merchant bankers, their predecessors, and companies they took over; 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).

CLC/B/163-01: Morgan Grenfell and Company;
CLC/B/163-02: Cull and Company;
CLC/B/163-03: Pember and Boyle;
CLC/B/163-04: Yule, Catto and Company.

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.

January to May 2011. Share dealing Banking Merchant banking Information sources Documents Business records Stockbrokers Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Finance Financial institutions Banks Private banks People People by occupation Business people Bank employees Bankers Financial markets Investment Yule , Catto and Co Ltd , merchants Pember and Boyle , stock and share brokers Cull and Co Ltd , private bank J S Morgan and Co , merchant bankers George Peabody and Co , merchant bankers Morgan Grenfell and Co Limited , merchant bankers City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Occupations

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

The records were deposited at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section in 1984, 1990 and 1992. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Records of Morgan Grenfell and Company Limited, merchant bankers, their predecessors, and companies they took over; 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).

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

CLC/B/163-01: Morgan Grenfell and Company;
CLC/B/163-02: Cull and Company;
CLC/B/163-03: Pember and Boyle;
CLC/B/163-04: Yule, Catto and Company.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

Instruments de recherche

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

London Metropolitan Archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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.

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

    Zone des entrées