Company files as registered in the Companies Registration Office, Edinburgh. [Microfiche].

• Reference:GB 254 MS 95/1
• Dates of Creation:1896-1986
• Name of Creator:
  Thomson, Shepherd & Co. Ltd
• Physical Description:
  1 file

• Scope and Content

  Includes certificate of incorporation, memoranda and articles of association, registers of directors and notices of changes, resolutions with related agreements and other papers, statements in lieu of prospectus, notices of consolidation etc., into stock of shares.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Thomson, Shepherd & Co Ltd was founded in 1848 when David Thomson, a shipmaster's son who had served an apprenticeship with James Neish, a jute pioneer, set up in business on his own in a small hand-spinning and hand-loom weaving shed. The firm was soon operating successfully and in 1852 David Thomson was granted a patent from Queen Victoria in respect of jute carpeting - the earliest patent granted in Dundee for any jute product.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  The records were deposited by A Sanderson in 1986.

• Note

  Thomson, Shepherd & Co Ltd was founded in 1848 when David Thomson, a shipmaster's son who had served an apprenticeship with James Neish, a jute pioneer, set up in business on his own in a small hand-spinning and hand-loom weaving shed. The firm was soon operating successfully and in 1852 David Thomson was granted a patent from Queen Victoria in respect of jute carpeting - the earliest patent granted in Dundee for any jute product.

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.

• Alternative Form Available

  The company files are available on microfiche from Companies Registration Office, Edinburgh.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Microfiche

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Keren Guthrie 29/09/06

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  Unknown

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Location of Originals

  The records are original.

• Additional Information

  Published