DELMEGE, FORSYTH AND COMPANY LIMITED
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/B/123-21 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : DELMEGE, FORSYTH AND COMPANY LIMITED |
Date(s) | : 1918-1965 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 4 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Delmege, Forsyth and Co Ltd | import/export shipping agency |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The firm was established in Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka] in the 1860s as an import/export shipping agency house. It was acquired by the first Earl of Inchcape in 1918. An associated company, Delmege, Allen and Company (CLC/B/123-21) was established in 1919 to act for Delmege, Forsyth and Company in the United Kingdom. Both companies were part of the Inchcape Group of companies.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Delmege, Forsyth and Company Limited, import/export shipping agents, comprising memorandum and articles of association; memorandum of capital; and general ledgers.
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:
The archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987-88 as part of the Group archives. They were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Allied Materials
Related material:
This collection is a sub-fond within the Inchcape Group fonds. See CLC/B/123 for a list of all the companies represented in this collection and a history of the Inchcape Group.
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.
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