Matador Land & Cattle Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Campbell, H H
- Britton, A M
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Dundee, City of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, Scotland
- United States
Sectors:
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Agriculture & fishing
Animal inc poultry farming
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Financial services
Investment management services inc investment trusts, unit trust, pension funds, etc
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Financial services
Land finance & investment
Notes:
Established 1882 at Dundee by a group of Scottish investors, acting as venture capitalists, to acquire assets of the Matador Land & Cattle Co. This traced its origins to late 1870s when, under H H Campbell and A M Britton, it invested in land and cattle ranching in Texas. Subsequently expanded substantially. 1951 acquired by American investors who liquidated assets
Publications:
- Matador Land & Cattle Co by Pearce, William M
- Owned, Monitored But Not Always Controlled. Understanding the success and failure of Scottish free standing companies, 1862-1910 by Tennent, Kevin D
- Scottish Capital on the American Credit Frontier by Kerr, W G
- Scottish Cowboys and the Dundee Investors. Dundee investment in the Texas Panhandle. A case study. The Matador Land & Cattle Co by Swan, Claire E
- 'Scottish investment and enterprise in Texas' in P L Payne (ed), Studies in Scottish Business History by Kerr, W G
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Campbell, H H
- Britton, A M
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Dundee, City of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, Scotland
- United States
Sectors:
- Agriculture & fishing Animal inc poultry farming
- Financial services Investment management services inc investment trusts, unit trust, pension funds, etc
- Financial services Land finance & investment
Notes:
Established 1882 at Dundee by a group of Scottish investors, acting as venture capitalists, to acquire assets of the Matador Land & Cattle Co. This traced its origins to late 1870s when, under H H Campbell and A M Britton, it invested in land and cattle ranching in Texas. Subsequently expanded substantially. 1951 acquired by American investors who liquidated assetsPublications:
- Matador Land & Cattle Co by Pearce, William M
- Owned, Monitored But Not Always Controlled. Understanding the success and failure of Scottish free standing companies, 1862-1910 by Tennent, Kevin D
- Scottish Capital on the American Credit Frontier by Kerr, W G
- Scottish Cowboys and the Dundee Investors. Dundee investment in the Texas Panhandle. A case study. The Matador Land & Cattle Co by Swan, Claire E
- 'Scottish investment and enterprise in Texas' in P L Payne (ed), Studies in Scottish Business History by Kerr, W G