CLAYTON, BYNG AND PAGET

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/134-02
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

Publication note:

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.