Glyn, Mills & Co. Bank
Founded in London as Vere, Glyn & Hallifax. Name changes: c.1780 Glyn, Hallifax and Mills; 1850 Glyn, Mills & Co.; 1864 Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.; 1923 Glyn, Mills Currie Holt & Co....
Founded in London as Vere, Glyn & Hallifax. Name changes: c.1780 Glyn, Hallifax and Mills; 1850 Glyn, Mills & Co.; 1864 Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co.; 1923 Glyn, Mills Currie Holt & Co....
Pubs History says: "This pub was called the Goat until 1725 when the name was extended to Goat in Boots. Fulham Road was previously New Brompton Road, e.g. in 1851; and earlier called Little Chelse...
Dutch merchant and jeweller to the king. Benefactor of Latymer School. Edith Streets, discussing Linden House in Upper Mall, writes: "This is used as a sailing and rowing clubhouse, owned by the L...
Chairman of Barclays Bank, Ltd., chairman of the London Bankers Clearing House. With a group of friends founded Goodenough College. Born Calcutta, died in London.
Manufacturers of articles in gold, silver, bronze, electro-plate and crystallized bases of metals. George Richmond Collis purchased the business from Sir Edward Thomason (c.1769-1849) when Thomason...
From the V&A website: "The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations was held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. It was the first international exhibition of manufacture...
Established in Bristol, the company promotes the alternative energy sources of solar and wind power.
Businessman and politician. Born in Maidstone. He founded a company of paper merchants. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894 and later, Chair. Elected as Lord Mayor of London in 1900.