Thomas Love Peacock was an official of an English and later British joint-stock company that ended up trading mainly with who?
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Thomas Love Peacock Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting: characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day.
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East India Company The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company, which was formed to pursue trade with the "East Indies" (in present-day terms, Maritime Southeast Asia), but ended up trading mainly with Qing China and seizing control of the Indian subcontinent.
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Laird plc Laird plc is a leading British-based electronics and technology business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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Greene King Greene King is the UK's largest pub retailer and brewer. It is based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The company owns pubs, restaurants and hotels. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust JP Morgan Asian Investment Trust () is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in Asia excluding Japan. Established in 1997, the company is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Chairman is James Long.
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Bubble Act Bubble Act 1720 (also Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719) (6 Geo I, c 18) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed on 11 June 1720 that incorporated the Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation, but more significantly forbade the formation of any other joint-stock companies unless approved by royal charter. Its provisions were extended later by the Bubble Schemes, Colonies Act 1740 (14 Geo. II, c. 37) to include its colonies, particularly Massachusetts.
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Morgan Sindall Group Morgan Sindall Group plc () is a British based construction services business headquartered in London. It is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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John Robinson (merchant) John Robinson was an English merchant, partner of James Hodgson in the textile company "Hodgson & Robinson". His company operated in Montevideo and Buenos Aires from 1838-1842, and in Brazil in 1838.
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Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited (often simply called the "Bombay Burmah Trading Company") was formed in 1863 by the Wallace Brothers. The Corporation was originally formed as a public company to engage in the Burmese tea business by taking over the assets in Burma of William Wallace. It is India's second oldest publicly quoted company.
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Globe-Trotter Globe-Trotter is an English manufacturer of luggage, founded in 1897.
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Levant Company The Levant Company was an English chartered company formed in 1592. Its initial charter, awarded on 11 September 1581, was good for seven years. It was granted to Edward Osborne, Richard Staper, Thomas Smith and William Garret with the purpose of regulating English trade with the Ottoman Empire and the Levant. The Company remained in continuous existence until being superseded in 1825. A member of the Company was known as a Turkey Merchant. Its charter was approved by Elizabeth I of England as a result of the merger between the Venice Company (1583) and the Turkey Company (1581), following the expiration of their charters, as she was anxious to maintain trade and political alliances with the Ottoman Empire.
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Dowty Group Dowty Group was a leading British manufacturer of aircraft equipment. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but was acquired by TI Group in 1992.
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Lancashire Steel Corporation The Lancashire Steel Corporation Ltd was a United Kingdom steel producer. The company was formed in 1930 by amalgamating the iron and steel interests of the Pearson & Knowles Coal & Iron Co, the Partington Steel & Iron Co, and the Wigan Coal & Iron Co. The company was nationalised in 1951, becoming part of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain, but de-nationalised shortly afterwards. It was renationalised in 1967, becoming part of the British Steel Corporation.
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Blue Funnel Line Alfred Holt and Company, trading as Blue Funnel Line, was a UK shipping company that was founded in 1866 and operated merchant ships for 122 years. It was one of the UK's larger shipowning and operating companies, and as such had a significant role in the country's overseas trade and in the First and Second World Wars.
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Bolsover Colliery Company The Bolsover Colliery Company was a major mining concern established to extract coal from land owned by the Duke of Portland. At its peak the business was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange.
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Aberdeen Asset Management Aberdeen Asset Management PLC is an international investment management group, managing assets for both institutions and private investors from offices around the world. Its head office is in Aberdeen, Scotland. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange until 14 August 2017 when, as a result of a merger with Standard Life, it became a subsidiary of the renamed Standard Life Aberdeen.
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William Finch (merchant) William Finch (died 1613) was an English merchant in the service of the East India Company (EIC).
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Thomas Williams of Llanidan Thomas Williams (13 May 1737 – 30 November 1802) was a Welsh industrialist and Member of Parliament. At the time of his death, he was the richest man in Wales.
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Allied Dunbar Allied Dunbar was a large British life assurance group. In its early years it was known as "Hambro Life Assurance" and was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. However it was acquired by BAT Industries, merged with Eagle Star, and sold to Zurich Financial Services in 1998.
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James Fisher &amp; Sons James Fisher and Sons plc () is a British provider of marine engineering services. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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Preston and Wyre Joint Railway The Preston and Wyre Joint Railway (PWJR) – in full, the Preston & Wyre Railway and Dock Company – was the result of a merger in 1839 between the "Preston & Wyre Railway and Harbour Company", formed in 1835 and the "Preston & Wyre Dock Company", formed in 1837. The Dock Company was vested jointly between the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) – one third – and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway – two thirds – on 28 July 1849 to become the PWJR.
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Furness Withy Furness Withy was a major British transport business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange.