Naylor, Benzon and Co
1863 '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, as Steel Manufacturers, Merchants, and Commission Agents, under the style or firm of Naylor Vickers, and Co., in Sheffield, London, and Liverpool, and Naylor and Co., in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, is dissolved by mutual consent. And notice is hereby further given, that the undersigned, Edward Vickers, George Naylor Vickers, and Thomas Edward Vickers, will, under the style or firm of Naylor Vickers and Co., continue the manufacture of Steel in Sheffield, and assume the collection of all assets and in liquidation of all liabilities of the Sheffield House; and that the undersigned, Edmund Leopold-Schlesinger Benzon, Augustus Frederick Lehmann, Barthold Schlesinger, Edward Boylston Huntington, and Henry Lodge, will, under the styles or firms of Naylor, Benzon, and Co., and Naylor and Co., continue the mercantile and commission business in London, Liverpool, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and will assume the collection of all assets and the liquidation of all liabilities of those houses...'[1]
The company was registered December 27, 1899, to take over the business of merchants of the firm of the same name.
1908 Directors: E. Ascherson (Chairman), G. S. Ascherson, A. S. Hay, E. A. Hay, and W. R. Hay. Secretary; T. J. Bevan. Office; 20, Abchurch Lane, E.C.