Williams, Deacon & Co, London, 1771-1890
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Brief history
This private bank was established as Raymond, Vere, Lowe & Fletcher in Cornhill, City of London, in 1771 and subsequently moved to Birchin Lane nearby. It traded by a number of names. In 1825 the bank stopped payment, following the collapse of Pole, Thornton & Co, bankers of City of London, and was reformed with new partners, as Williams, Deacon, Labouchere & Co, in 1826.
In 1890 it was taken over by Manchester & Salford Bank Ltd of Manchester for which it had acted as London agent since 1836, to form Williams Deacon & Manchester & Salford Bank. The head office of the merged bank was established in Birchin Lane, City of London, in order to retain Williams, Deacon & Co’s membership of the London Clearing House.
Detailed information on name changes
Raymond, Vere, Lowe & Fletcher 1771-8
Lowe, Vere, Williams & Jennings 1778
Lowe, Vere & Williams 1778-1785
Vere & Williams 1785-8
Vere, Williams, Son, Wilkinson & Drury 1788-9
Williams, Son, Wilkinson & Drury 1790-1
Williams, Son & Drury 1792-9
Williams, Son, Drury & Moffat 1797-1807
Williams, Son, Drury, Moffat & Burgess 1808-09
Williams, Son, Moffat & Burgess 1810-11
Williams, Son, Moffat, Burgess & Lane 1812-14
Williams, Williams & Burgess c.1815-22
Williams, Williams, Burgess & Williams c.1822-5
Williams, Deacon, Labouchere & Co 1826-8
Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thornton & Co 1828-63
Williams, Deacon, Thornton & Co 1863-82
Williams, Deacon & Co from 1882-90
Published histories
- Williams Deacon’s, 1771-1970 (Manchester: privately published by Williams & Glyn’s Bank Ltd, 1971)
Summary of our archive holdings
Our archival records of Williams, Deacon & Co have the reference code WC.
For help understanding words used here, check our glossary of banking record types. Details of the abbreviations and conventions used in these lists are also available.
Partnership/corporate records
- private letterbooks 1832-90
- notebook of names 1855
- certificates re incorporation, change of name, etc. 1871-90
Financial records
- quarterly profit and loss accounts 1826-38
- private ledgers 1840-55, 1877-90
- monthly journals 1873-90
Legal records
- solicitors' bills of charges 1816-20, 1868-81
Customer records
- papers of the trustees of the estate of Alexander Bartlet & Co, West Indian merchants, 1771-1815*
- signature books 1824-37, 1848-90
- papers re customer advances 1824-57
- opinion book 1825-59
- information book on country bank accounts 1826-58
- correspondence re payment of postal orders 1881-90
Staff records
- London office salary book 1828-90
- staff fidelity bonds and guarantee agreements 1836-90
- staff books 1853-90
- staff list c.1880
Note issue records
- banknotes 1845
Summary of archive holdings elsewhere
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections: Private papers of Richard Lowe, partner c.1771-85 (Ref: Dr A, Dr Av, Dr C).
Lambeth Archives Department: Papers of John Labouchere, incl reference to the bank 1839-65 (Ref: IV/104/9/1-44).