Records of Glasgow Fire Insurance Society, insurance company, Glasgow, Scotland

• Reference:GB 248 UGD 071
• Dates of Creation:1803-c1860
• Name of Creator:
  Glasgow Fire Insurance Society (insurance company: 1803-1811: Glasgow, Scotland)
• Physical Description:
  0.06 metres (8 items)
  There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material

• Scope and Content

  • Financial records 1803
  • Administrative records 1803-1811
  • Plans c1860

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The Glasgow Fire Insurance Society , Glasgow, Scotland, was established in 1803  with a share capital of £100,000 divided into 400 shares at £250 each. Its first directors included; David Dale ( 1739-1806  ), Alexander Oswald, Gilbert Hamilton, Walter Ewing Maclae, Archibald Smith, John Stirling, James Buchanan and Archibald Grahame. It was dissolved with effect from 16 July 1811  when its business was transferred to the Phoenix Fire Office, London, England.

• Arrangement

  This material is arranged chronologically

• Access Information

  Open

• Acquisition Information

  Gift : prior to 1966

• Other Finding Aids

  Digital file level list available in searchroom.

  Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1772).

• Alternative Form Available

  No known copies

• Conditions Governing Use

  Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist

  Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

• Appraisal Information

  This material has been appraised in line with normal procedures

• Custodial History

  Records deposited with Economic History Department, Glasgow University, prior to 1966. Management of the collection transferred to Glasgow University Archives in 1975.

• Accruals

  None expected

• Related Material

  See source list on Banking and Finance

  Material in other repositories; no material associated by provenance

• Bibliography

  No known publications using this material

• Additional Information

  This material is original

  Title and related units of description elements altered by Jenny Cooknell , Assistant Archivist, 3 September 1999

  Updated by Lesley Richmond , Acting Director, 3 March 2000

  Updated by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 28 February 2002

• Subjects

  Insurance

• Corporate Names

  Glasgow Fire Insurance Society 1803 - 1811

• Geographical Names

  Glasgow, Scotland