Grosvenor Turkish Bath Company Limited

           

                         

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Grosvenor Turkish Bath Company Limited  
                   

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LONDON: Buckingham Palace Road

 
                

Please note that, as handwriting is often unclear, names of shareholders are indicative only. When accuracy is important, visitors should consult the original documents;
those with PRO references will be found at the National Archives (Public Record Office, Kew)

                      

 

             
PRO: BT31 2054/9028 (All information  is taken from this file unless specifically footnoted)

1874 Memorandum of Association: 15 December

Objects include: purchase, rent or acquire 119 Buckingham Palace Road.

Registered Office: 54 Buckingham Palace Road

Directors:

Cottrill, William

Chaplin, Alexander (25 shares) Engineer

Davies, John L (20 shares) Civil engineer (Managing Director)

Francis, George Futvoye (5 shares) Estate agent (Secretary)

Hall, Hamilton (25 shares) Solicitor

Isdell, Charles Wynn, (Capt) (20 shares) (Chairman)

Saunders, Samuel (20 shares) Merchant

Thacker, Samuel John (20 shares) Surveyor

 

Cottrill was to have lease from Sir John Kelk, Baronet, on completion of the Turkish Baths at 119 Buckingham Palace Road for 40 years from 25 December 1872 at an annual rent of £125.

 

Agreement: between William Cottrill and C W Isdell as Trustee for the Company (7 December) to purchase the premises at 119 Buckingham Palace Road and the 'Turkish Baths' lately erected there by William Cottrill, for £5,000 to be paid as to £4,500 cash and £500 in fully paid up shares.

 

1875 Capital: £8,000 divided into 800 shares of £10

Shareholders include:

Brown, Stephen (Baths Manager)

Francis, George F (Sec) Auctioneer

   and 15 others holding c.100 shares between them

 

1878 Average number of shareholders: 22, holding 403 shares (1 March)

 

1878 Unopposed petition for winding up from John Beddard of 46 Churton Street, Belgravia (Chemist and druggist) and Alfred Evelyn Copp of 337 Essex Street, Strand (Gentleman) (14 December)

 

1880 Order to dissolve company (20 February)

    

 
 


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