North British Insurance Company

Firm Details

People & Investments (3)

Honorary Manager

Hon. Archibald MacDonald

Director

John White Cater

Chairman

John White Cater

Firm Evolutions (1)

1837 →

[Pigots National Commercial Directory of Scotland]

Notes

A full-page advertisement shows the governance structure of the North British Insurance Co., headquartered in Edinburgh with its Board of Directors there and with a London 'Board of Management.'
The continuation of the firm was the North British & Mercantile Insurance Co. London and Edinburgh. Founded in 1809, the firm is a predecessor firm of Aviva.

Sources

Pigots 1837 National Commercial Directory of the whole of Scotland p. 179
The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits, 1882; https://heritage.aviva.com/our-history/companies/n/north-british-and-mercantile-insurance-co-ltd/

Further Information

People of Interest

Colin Campbell Lloyd (née Baillie)

1781 - 1830

Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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