Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/219 - UNION DISCOUNT COMPANY OF LONDON

56 production units.

These records form only a small part of the archives of the company which were surveyed by the Manuscripts Section in February/March 1996; a copy of the survey list may be seen on request.

GB 0074 CLC/B/219 1885-1988 Collection 56 production units. Union Discount Company of London Ltd

In 1885 the General Credit and Discount Corporation of London Limited amalgamated with the United Discount Corporation Limited to form the Union Discount Company of London Limited. It soon became the largest London discount house in terms of turnover and deposits; a position it held until the 1980s. In 1891 it acquired the discount houses of Harwood Knight and Allen, and Green Tomkinson and Company. An office in Edinburgh was opened in 1975. The company became the Union Discount Company of London PLC in 1994.

The company was based at 38 Lombard Street (1885-90) and 39 Cornhill (1890-). In 1973-9 the company moved temporarily to 78-80 Cornhill while its main offices were undergoing renovation work.

These records form only a small part of the archives of the company which were surveyed by the Manuscripts Section in February/March 1996; a copy of the survey list may be seen on request.

These records were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 2004.

Records of the Union Discount Company of London Limited, including photographs of offices and board members; notes on businesses and individuals with which the company had contact; agreement; and minutes of annual general meetings.

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

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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

For a history of the company see George and Pamela Cleaver, The Union Discount: A Centenary Album (London, 1985) held in the Guildhall Library Printed Books Section.

See also the entry for Union PLC in John Orbell and Alison Turton, British Banking. A Guide to Historical Records (Aldershot, 2001).

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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These records were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 2004.

Records of the Union Discount Company of London Limited, including photographs of offices and board members; notes on businesses and individuals with which the company had contact; agreement; and minutes of annual general meetings.

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

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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• latin

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.

• anglais