HOLLAND AND BALFOUR

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/134-05
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: HOLLAND AND BALFOUR
Date(s)	: 1875-1959
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 23 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Holland, Balfour and Hamilton | stockbrokers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The firm of stockbrokers was formed on the partnership of Charles Holland (d.1922) and George Paton Balfour (1852-1932). Between 1879 and 1888 a third partner, George Buchanan Hamilton, meant the firm was known as Holland, Balfour and Hamilton. It was based at 2 Cushion Court, Old Broad Street (1877-1925), 310 Gresham House (1925-41), 97 Gresham Street (1941-1945) and 24 Throgmorton Street (1945-59). In 1959 it was taken over by James Capel and Company.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Holland, Balfour and Hamilton, stockbrokers, comprising partnership agreements, ledgers and other financial material, correspondence and registers. The records 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 Company 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.