SMITH ST AUBYN AND COMPANY LIMITED

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/202
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SMITH ST AUBYN AND COMPANY LIMITED
Date(s)	: 1891-1960
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 265 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Smith St Aubyn and Co Ltd | discount bankers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The company was established in 1891 and traded from premises at 3 Birchin Lane as discount bankers (1891-1910), and subsequently at 30-31 Clements Lane (1911-29) and 65 Cornhill, White Lion Court (1930-1986) . It was registered as a private company on February 26th 1932 and as a public company on June 30th 1943.

The Company was taken over in June 1986 by King and Shaxson of Cornhill, who retain custody of all the post-1960 records of Smith St. Aubyn and Company.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of discount bankers Smith St Aubyn and Company Limited, comprising ledgers and general ledgers 1891-1954, ledgers of partners' and trustees' accounts 1930-1939, trade acceptors ledgers 1927-1955, cash books 1891-1960, daybooks and rough daybooks 1891-1958, journals 1946-50, loans books and ledgers 1932-1952, private accounts loans and interest books 1931-1952, bills books 1891-1892 and 1933-1956, business and appointments diaries 1891-1959.

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 records were transferred to Guildhall Library in October 1974 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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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.