Balneum Laconicum Company Limited

           

                         

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Balneum Laconicum Company Limited  
                   

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LONDON: 23 Leicester Square

                  

                

Please note that, as handwriting is often unclear, names of shareholders are indicative only. When accuracy is important, visitors should consult the original documents;
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PRO:
BT31 1989/8529  (All information  is taken from this file unless specifically footnoted)

1874 Memorandum of Association: 3 July
Objects include
: to purchase the lease of 23 Leicester Square, 'now occupied as a Turkish Bath and in the possession of the Reverend Henry Jones Master of Arts with the goodwill of the Baths, and all his present or future interest in the said premises at and for the sum of £300...in fully paid up shares of the said Balneum Laconicum Company Limited...' 
Capital
: £2,000 divided into 40 shares of £50
Subscribers
:
Braithwaite, Charles John (1 share) Accountant
Curtis, George Brynon (2 shares) Journalist
Jones, Henry, The Rev, (8 shares)
Lemon, William George (2 shares) Barrister
Ryan, Thomas (2 shares) Landed proprietor, Dublin
Tomkins, Fred (4 shares) Barrister (Ch)
Wilkinson, William Martin (1 share) Solicitor
and three others holding 7 shares between them

Registered Office
: 23 Leicester Square (7 July)
Secretary
: Charles John Braithwaite

1875 Average number of shareholders: 12, holding 30 shares

1878 Average number of shareholders: 10, holding 30 shares

1885 No returns were filed between the years 1881 and 1885

Dissolved under Clause 7(4): 17 July

 

 
 


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