Mann Judd Gordon & Co (chartered accountants: 1919-1980s: Glasgow, Scotland)

Henry Paul began practicing accountancy in Glasgow, Scotland, at some point between 1815 and 1819 . From 1829 he was in partnership with Robert Aitken trading as Paul & Aitken , accountants. In 1832 , Andrew Harvie also became a partner and continued to run the firm following the departure of Henry Paul in 1839 , who left to found the City of Glasgow Bank and was its first manager. From 1832 , the firm traded as Andrew Harvie with Robert Aitken joining the partnership in 1839 . Andrew Harvie died in 1849 and was replaced by his son, George Harvie, who then ran the firm until his own death a year later.

At this time John Mann, snr , formerly the managing clerk, inherited the business and in 1886 he took into partnership his son, John Mann, jnr, and Alexander Thomson and the firm became known as John Mann & Son . The firm also acted as agents for the Caledonian Insurance Co and John Mann, jnr, was also the secretary of the Glasgow Workmen's Dwellings Co Ltd and a partner in Mann, Wright & Co , accountants, London, England, between 1890 and 1902 .

In 1906, Harold Godfrey Judd joined as a partner, as did James A Gordon in 1919 and from this time the firm was known as Mann Judd Gordon & Co . The firm continued to trade as chartered accountants until the early 1970s but appear to have been defunct by the 1980s .

Initially the business operated from Leitch's Court, Trongate, Glasgow , but by 1823 it had moved to 44 Wilson Street, Glasgow . Between 1825 and 1832 it operated from 52 Miller Street, Glasgow , from 1832 to 1865 at 153 Queen Street, Glasgow , from 1865 to 1880 at 83 West Regent Street, Glasgow , from 1880 to 1886 at 154 St Vincent Street, Glasgow , from 1886 to 1898 at 188 St Vincent Street, Glasgow and from 1898-1902 its offices were at 137 West George Street, Glasgow . Finally, in 1902, the firm moved to 142 St Vincent Street, Glasgow where it remained until at least 1967 . In 1919, the firm opened a branch office at 8 Frederick's Place, Old Jewry, London, England and branch offices also operated for a time in England at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Manchester and Liverpool . In 1937 a separate partnership was established to operate the London office and in 1945 this partnership was styled Mann, Judd & Co . This London practice later amalgamated with Touche Ross & Co.

Interim Account of a Going Concern: Some Essays on the History of the Firm of Mann Judd Gordon & Company, Chartered Accountants Glasgow, circa 1817 to 1967, on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of its Foundation (1967, Glasgow)

Habgood, Wendy (ed), Chartered Accountants in England and Wales: A Guide to Historical Records ( 1994 , Manchester )

From the guide to the Records of Mann Judd Gordon & Co, chartered accountants, Glasgow, Scotland, 1736-1962, (Glasgow University Archive Services)