Child & Co
Other Business Names:
- Wheeler, William
- Blanchard, John
- Child, Sir Francis
- Jersey, Earls of
- Glyn, Mills & Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Commercial private banking services
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Financial services
Goldsmith banking services
Notes:
Traced origins to the goldsmith businesses of William Wheeler and John Blanchard which merged in c1661. Traded at the sign of the Marygold (sic). 1660s John Blanchard joined by (Sir) Francis Child and traded as Blanchard & Child. By 1680s business owned by Francis Child and subsequently traded as Child & Co. Emerged as leading London private bankers serving especially the aristocracy and legal profession. From early 19th century owned by Earls of Jersey who sold to Glyn, Mills & Co in 1923
Publications:
- 'Child & Co, 1 Fleet Street by Temple Bar' in I S Black, Private banking in London's West End, 1750-1830 by Black, Iain S
- 'Child & Co' in E G Browne, History of the House of Glyn, Mills & Co by Browne, Eric Gore
- 'Child & Co' in F G Hilton Price, A Handbook of London Bankers; with some account of their predecessors, the early goldsmiths by Price, F G Hilton
- Child & Co. The first house in the City by Unknown
- First House in the City. An excursion with the history of Child & Co, 1673-1973 by Clarke, Philip
- 'Goldsmith banker' in A C Littleton & B S Yamey (eds), Studies in the history of accounting by Skelton, S W
- History of the House of Glyn, Mills & Co by Browne, Eric Gore
- Marygold by Temple Bar; being a history of the site now occupied by the ... banking house of Messrs Child & Co by Price, F G Hilton
- Private banking in London's West End, 1750-1830 by Black, Iain S
- Prometheus Shackled. Goldsmith banks and England's financial revolution after 1700 by Temin, Peter, & Hans-Joachim Voth
- Sir Francis Child's jewellery business by Samuel, Edgar R
- 'Tallies or reserves?'. Sir Francis Child's balances between capital reserves and extending credit to the Crown, 1685-1695 by Quinn, Stephen
- Temple Bar or some Account of 'Ye Marygold', No 1 Fleet Street by Price, F G Hilton
- 'The Marygold - Child & Co' in W Howarth, Somme Olde Curiosities by a Knyghte offe ye Quille by Howarth, William
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Wheeler, William
- Blanchard, John
- Child, Sir Francis
- Jersey, Earls of
- Glyn, Mills & Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Commercial private banking services
- Financial services Goldsmith banking services
Notes:
Traced origins to the goldsmith businesses of William Wheeler and John Blanchard which merged in c1661. Traded at the sign of the Marygold (sic). 1660s John Blanchard joined by (Sir) Francis Child and traded as Blanchard & Child. By 1680s business owned by Francis Child and subsequently traded as Child & Co. Emerged as leading London private bankers serving especially the aristocracy and legal profession. From early 19th century owned by Earls of Jersey who sold to Glyn, Mills & Co in 1923Publications:
- 'Child & Co, 1 Fleet Street by Temple Bar' in I S Black, Private banking in London's West End, 1750-1830 by Black, Iain S
- 'Child & Co' in E G Browne, History of the House of Glyn, Mills & Co by Browne, Eric Gore
- 'Child & Co' in F G Hilton Price, A Handbook of London Bankers; with some account of their predecessors, the early goldsmiths by Price, F G Hilton
- Child & Co. The first house in the City by Unknown
- First House in the City. An excursion with the history of Child & Co, 1673-1973 by Clarke, Philip
- 'Goldsmith banker' in A C Littleton & B S Yamey (eds), Studies in the history of accounting by Skelton, S W
- History of the House of Glyn, Mills & Co by Browne, Eric Gore
- Marygold by Temple Bar; being a history of the site now occupied by the ... banking house of Messrs Child & Co by Price, F G Hilton
- Private banking in London's West End, 1750-1830 by Black, Iain S
- Prometheus Shackled. Goldsmith banks and England's financial revolution after 1700 by Temin, Peter, & Hans-Joachim Voth
- Sir Francis Child's jewellery business by Samuel, Edgar R
- 'Tallies or reserves?'. Sir Francis Child's balances between capital reserves and extending credit to the Crown, 1685-1695 by Quinn, Stephen
- Temple Bar or some Account of 'Ye Marygold', No 1 Fleet Street by Price, F G Hilton
- 'The Marygold - Child & Co' in W Howarth, Somme Olde Curiosities by a Knyghte offe ye Quille by Howarth, William