Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/163-04 - YULE, CATTO AND COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/163-04

Title

YULE, CATTO AND COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1924-1939 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

8 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Andrew Yule and Company of Calcutta and George Yule and Company of London were founded in the 1860s by Andrew and George Yule. The main business was the merchant house in Calcutta for which George Yule and Company acted as the London agency. In September 1911 George Yule and Company established a credit account with Morgan Grenfell and Company and the link between the businesses was further established in 1916 when Sir David Yule proposed that Morgan Grenfell and Company take over both Andrew Yule and Company and George Yule and Company. Thomas Catto was approached to run the firms and in 1920 George Yule and Company became Yule, Catto and Company Limited. Andrew Yule and Company also became Andrew Yule and Company Limited. Morgan Grenfell and Company held shares in Yule, Catto and Company Limited until 1934 when they were sold to individual partners in Morgan Grenfell and Company.

The company had various City addresses: 8 Leadenhall Street 1871; 81 & 82 Palmerston Buildings, 9 Bishopsgate 1872-88; 19 Great Winchester Street 1889-1907; Finsbury House, Blomfield Square 1908-30; and 7 Great Winchester House 1931-6.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/163-04 1924-1939 Collection 8 production units. Yule, Catto and Co Ltd , merchants

Andrew Yule and Company of Calcutta and George Yule and Company of London were founded in the 1860s by Andrew and George Yule. The main business was the merchant house in Calcutta for which George Yule and Company acted as the London agency. In September 1911 George Yule and Company established a credit account with Morgan Grenfell and Company and the link between the businesses was further established in 1916 when Sir David Yule proposed that Morgan Grenfell and Company take over both Andrew Yule and Company and George Yule and Company. Thomas Catto was approached to run the firms and in 1920 George Yule and Company became Yule, Catto and Company Limited. Andrew Yule and Company also became Andrew Yule and Company Limited. Morgan Grenfell and Company held shares in Yule, Catto and Company Limited until 1934 when they were sold to individual partners in Morgan Grenfell and Company.

The company had various City addresses: 8 Leadenhall Street 1871; 81 & 82 Palmerston Buildings, 9 Bishopsgate 1872-88; 19 Great Winchester Street 1889-1907; Finsbury House, Blomfield Square 1908-30; and 7 Great Winchester House 1931-6.

Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1992 by Morgan Grenfell & Company. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Yule, Catto and Company Limited comprising financial accounts, correspondence and a brief history of the company.

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

Access by written permission only.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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

For Morgan Grenfell and Company see CLC/B/163-01.

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. Merchant banking Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Banking Banks Yule , Catto and Co Ltd , merchants City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Financial institutions Finance Occupations

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1992 by Morgan Grenfell & Company. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Yule, Catto and Company Limited comprising financial accounts, correspondence and a brief history of the company.

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

Access by written permission only.

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

For Morgan Grenfell and Company see CLC/B/163-01.

Finding aids

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

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Description control area

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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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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