Smith Mackenzie & Co
Other Business Names:
- Smith, Archibald
- Mackenzie, E N
- Smith Mackenzie & Co Ltd
- Gray, Arthur
- Dawes, Sir Edwyn
- Gray Dawes & Co
- Imperial British East Africa Co
- Inchcape Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Mombasa, Kenya
- Mozambique
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading & trade
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading co & agency house activities
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Ivory, horn, etc, trading & trade
Notes:
Traced origins to Archibald Smith and E N Mackenzie who, in 1874, started as agents at Zanzibar. 1877 formed Smith Mackenzie & Co with Archibald Gray and (Sir) Edwyn Dawes of Gray Dawes & Co of London thereby becoming part of a much wider trading network of Mackinnon Mackenzie based on London, India and the Far East. Imported goods; exported rubber, ivory, cloves, etc; acted as agents for insurance, shipping, etc, companies; etc, etc. 1879 opened briefly also at Mozambique. From 1888 agents for Imperial British East Africa Co. 1890s opened at Mombasa. 1936 incorporated as a subsidiary of Gray Dawes & Co Ltd and 1952 converted to a public company. 1958 acquired by Gray Dawes and subsequently subsumed into the Inchcape Group
Publications:
- 'A British merchant partnership in East Africa. Smith Mackenzie & Co, 1877-1939' in S Jones, Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie
- 'East Africa' in P J Griffiths, A History of the Inchcape Group by Griffiths, Percival J
- History of Smith Mackenzie & Co Ltd by Unknown
- History of the Inchcape Group by Griffiths, Percival J
- Mackinnon and East Africa, 1878-1895. A study in the new imperialism by Galbraith, John S
- Shipping subsidies and railway guarantees. William Mackinnon, East Africa and the Indian Ocean, 1860-93 by Munro, J Forbes
- Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Smith, Archibald
- Mackenzie, E N
- Smith Mackenzie & Co Ltd
- Gray, Arthur
- Dawes, Sir Edwyn
- Gray Dawes & Co
- Imperial British East Africa Co
- Inchcape Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Mombasa, Kenya
- Mozambique
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading co & agency house activities
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Ivory, horn, etc, trading & trade
Notes:
Traced origins to Archibald Smith and E N Mackenzie who, in 1874, started as agents at Zanzibar. 1877 formed Smith Mackenzie & Co with Archibald Gray and (Sir) Edwyn Dawes of Gray Dawes & Co of London thereby becoming part of a much wider trading network of Mackinnon Mackenzie based on London, India and the Far East. Imported goods; exported rubber, ivory, cloves, etc; acted as agents for insurance, shipping, etc, companies; etc, etc. 1879 opened briefly also at Mozambique. From 1888 agents for Imperial British East Africa Co. 1890s opened at Mombasa. 1936 incorporated as a subsidiary of Gray Dawes & Co Ltd and 1952 converted to a public company. 1958 acquired by Gray Dawes and subsequently subsumed into the Inchcape GroupPublications:
- 'A British merchant partnership in East Africa. Smith Mackenzie & Co, 1877-1939' in S Jones, Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie
- 'East Africa' in P J Griffiths, A History of the Inchcape Group by Griffiths, Percival J
- History of Smith Mackenzie & Co Ltd by Unknown
- History of the Inchcape Group by Griffiths, Percival J
- Mackinnon and East Africa, 1878-1895. A study in the new imperialism by Galbraith, John S
- Shipping subsidies and railway guarantees. William Mackinnon, East Africa and the Indian Ocean, 1860-93 by Munro, J Forbes
- Two Centuries of Overseas Trading. The origins and growth of the Inchcape Group by Jones, Stephanie