Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1468 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Baring Brothers and Company Limited, of London, merchant bankers
Covering Dates: 1856-2004
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Catalogue Description
Records given:8 February 2005 Acc: 3103(D)
This volume was presented to Durham County Council by Baring Asset Management as a record of its historical connections with County Durham.
Baring Brothers and Company Limited, of London, merchant bankers, had a long association with the Weardale Iron and Coal Company in the nineteenth century, and in the twentieth century provided corporate financial advice to the South Durham Steel and Iron Company Limited and the Durham Chemical Group Limited.
There was also a personal connection with County Durham as Charles Baring, a grandson of the firm's founder, served as Bishop of Durham from 1861 to 1879.
Catalogue Contents
Ref: D/X 1468/1
'County Durham and Barings - A Historical Record' containing facsimile copies of documents relating to Barings' connections with County Durham, compiled c.2004
Includes: copy bond from Messrs. Dodds and Son of Rotherham, Yorkshire, engineers, to Baring Brothers of London and Charles Attwood of Tow Law, constituting The Weardale Iron Company, to secure £1500 and interest, 13 March 1856; copy portrait drawing of Charles Attwood, n.d.; copy extract from a map of the County Palatine of Durham by William Colling Hobson, 1858, showing the route of the Weardale Iron Company's railway; copy letter from Robert Plummer, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Charles Attwood, concerning Messrs. Baring Brothers and the construction of Messina and Patti Railway, Italy, 23 August 1865; copy letter from Charles Attwood, The Weardale Iron and Coal Company Limited, Tow Law Iron Works, to Messrs. Baring Brothers, London, introducing Robert Plummer on business concerning construction of the Messina to Palermo Railway, Italy, under the direction of Mr. Light, engineer, 25 August 1865; copy appointment of power of attorney from The Weardale Iron and Coal Company Limited to Messrs. Baring Brothers and Company Limited, 14 December 1897; copy annual balance sheet of the South Durham Steel and Iron Company Limited, Cargo Fleet Iron Works, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, for year ended 30 September 1944, 22 March 1945; and copy extract from a report by Messrs. Barings concerning the impact of British membership of the European Economic Community on the work of the Durham Chemical Group Ltd., a subsidiary of Messrs. Harrisons and Grosfield, n.d., [ c.1972]
(1 volume, cloth bound)
