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London Metropolitan Archives

CLAYTON, BYNG AND PAGET


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/134-02

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: CLAYTON, BYNG AND PAGET

Date(s): 1929-1960

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 21 production units.

Name of creator(s): Clayton, Byng and Paget | stockbrokers

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1928 Messrs Clayton and Son merged with Messrs Byng, Foley and Company to form Clayton, Byng, Foley and Company, stockbrokers, based at 4 Tokenhouse Buildings, Tokenhouse Yard. It had previously been named Langdale, Clayton and Aston (1858-64) and Clayton and Aston (1864-1909). In 1945 the firm became Clayton, Byng and Paget. It merged with James Capel and Company in 1966.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Clayton, Byng and Paget, stockbrokers, including client ledgers, bank ledgers, and trustee ledger.

They are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are subject to a 75 year closure period.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

James Capel and Co deposited the records at Guildhall Library in 1975. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

The fonds level record for this collection is CLC/B/134. Sub-fonds in this collection are:
CLC/B/134-01: James Capel and Company;
CLC/B/134-02: Clayton, Byng and Paget;
CLC/B/134-03: Cruikshank and Company;
CLC/B/134-04: Gordon L Jacobs and Company;
CLC/B/134-05: Holland and Balfour;
CLC/B/134-06: Nathan and Rosselli.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Share dealing | Financial markets | Investment | Finance
Stockbrokers | People by occupation | People

Personal names

Corporate names
Clayton | Byng and Paget | stockbrokers

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe