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Pearson and Dorman Long Ltd Collection
Catalogue reference: BS/PDL
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This record is about the Pearson and Dorman Long Ltd Collection dating from 1922.
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- BS/PDL
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Title (The name of the record)
- Pearson and Dorman Long Ltd Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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BS/PDL/1. Corporate Records
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Teesside Archives
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Pearson and Dorman Long Ltd
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Pearson and Dorman Long Ltd was incorporated in 6 October 1922 as A Private Company. On formation the company purchased the whole of the Dorman Long and Co. Ltd. coal mining interests in Kent, and also the whole of Dormans and The Whitehall Securities holdings in the Channel Steel Co. Ltd. The Registered Office of the company was at 17b Victoria Street, London and the capital of the company £500,000, divided in to shares of £1 each.
Directors: Sir Hugh Bell (Chairman), Sir A.J. Dorman, Col. Frederick Joseph Byrne (Joint Managing Director), Mr. Arthur Dorman (all representing Dorman Long and Co. Ltd.) Viscount Cowdray, Sir Edward Pearson (Joint Managing Director), Sir Clarendon G.Hyde, Hon BC Pearson (representing The Whitehall Securities Corporation Ltd.) Mr Arthur Dorman became chairman in July 1931. In November 1953 the Whitehall Securities Corporation Limited purchased Dorman's shares in the company.
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Pearson and Dorman Long Ltd Collection