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.