Barclays Bank
of 54, Lombard Street, London, E.C. Bankers
1888 Formation of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie and Co by merger of 2 old established banks.
1896 A number of private banks joined together to form Barclay and Company Ltd.:[1]
- Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Ransom, Bouverie and Co, of London and Brighton
- Goslings and Sharpe of London
- Gurney and Co of Norwich and a number of other towns in East Anglia
- Gurneys, Alexanders and Co of Ipswich
- Gurneys, Round and Co of Colchester
- J. Backhouse and Co of Darlington
- Bassett, Son and House, Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank
- Fordham, Gibson and Co of Royston
- Gibson, Tuke and Gibson, Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank
- Molineux, Whitfield and Co, Old Bank, Lewes
- J. Mortlock and Co Ltd, Cambridge
- Sharples, Tuke, Lucas and Seebohm, Hitchin
- Sparrow, Tufnell and Co, Essex Bank, Chelmsford and Braintree
- Veasey, Desborough, Bevan, Tillard and Co, Huntingdon Town and County Bank
- Woodall, Hebden and Co, Scarborough Old Bank
In an attempt to maintain the local relationships customers had enjoyed with their private bankers, Barclay and Company set up Local Head Offices based on each of the old Banks' Head Offices. As Gurneys Bank was a major partner in the amalgamation, East Anglia held a strong position in Barclays' activities throughout the country.
1902 Absorbed J. and J. W. Pease of Darlington
1916 Acquired United Counties Bank of the West Midlands
1917 Name changed to Barclays Bank
1918 Acquired London, Provincial and South Western Bank
1918 Acquired Gillett and Co of Banbury and Oxford
1919 Acquired Union Bank of Manchester
1919 Acquired the British Linen Bank. British Linen retained its board of directors in Edinburgh, its own separate structure and its note issue.
1920 Acquired Tubb and Co, of Bicester
1953 Acquired Gunner and Co, of Bishop Waltham
1957 Acquired Ideal Bank, of Birmingham
1968 Merger with Martins Bank
1969 Bank of Scotland agreed to acquire the British Linen Bank (concluded in 1971).
1985 Formation of Barclays plc
2000 Acquired The Woolwich Building Society.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, June 10, 1896
- [1] Barclays Heritage