Read, Hurst-Brown and Co , stockbrokers

The firm of Read, Hurst-Brown and Company, stockbrokers, was formerly known as Read and Brigstock, which first appears in the Stock Exchange annual List of Members in 1894/5. Read and Brigstock traded from various addresses over the years, and latterly at 7 Birchin Lane, before changing its name to Read, Hurst-Brown and Company, still of 7 Birchin Lane, in 1950/1. Read, Hurst-Brown and Company continued at 7 Birchin Lane until 1976, when it merged with another stockbroking firm, Rowe and Pitman. In 1986 Rowe and Pitman was taken over by the merchant bank SG Warburg, and ceased to exist as a separate firm.