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Benjamin Brooke & Company Limited

Catalogue reference: GB1752.LBC/152

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This record is about the Benjamin Brooke & Company Limited dating from 1921 - 1947.

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Reference
GB1752.LBC/152
Title
Benjamin Brooke & Company Limited
Date
1921 - 1947
Description

Correspondence regarding Benjamin Brooke & Company Limited. The letters are between the secretaries of the relevant companies, J P Timperlake, Mr Oswald Clement, and Mr McLean - secretary's of Benjamin Brooke & Company Limited, and L V Fildes and Mr Hulton - secretarys of Lever Brothers Limited. As such this does not appear to be one of Lord Leverhulme's correspondence files. The majority of the letters are dealing with share transfers and certificates, notices to meetings, and resolutions. Contains a signed agreement between Benjamin Brooke & Company Limited and R.S Hudson Limited for Appointing as Selling and Distributing agent, dated 25 June 1934. [LBC/152/111]

Benjamin Brooke & Co Ltd, the first company to be acquired by Lever Brothers Ltd, was bought in 1899 with Sydney Gross as head of the company. The scouring soap Monkey Brand was acquired from this company.

4 November 1921 - 30 July 1947

Note

Please Note: This collection is currently undergoing conservation work and some records maybe unavailable.

Held by
Unilever Archives and Records Management
Creator(s)
Leverhulme Business Correspondence
Physical description
1 file (169 pieces)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e655e9f6-46f4-453e-a321-7495f20bcdc0/

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