IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/134-05
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
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 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 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.
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.