Papers of Aldred F. G. B. Lumley relating to the Royal Niger Company 1887-1932

Lumley, Aldred Frederick George Beresford, 1857-1945

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Title: 10th Earl of Scarbrough British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000084 In 1877 Sir George Goldie travelled to the Niger delta in Nigeria. It was here that he amalgamated various British firms to form the United Africa Company in 1879; the Company was renamed the National African Company in 1882. In 1886 the Company received a charter of incorporation as the Royal Niger Company Chartered &am...

Royal Niger Company Chartered & Limited

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Lumley, Aldred Frederick George Beresford, 1857-1945

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Title: 10th Earl of Scarbrough British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000084 In 1877 Sir George Goldie travelled to the Niger delta in Nigeria. It was here that he amalgamated various British firms to form the United Africa Company in 1879; the Company was renamed the National African Company in 1882. In 1886 the Company received a charter of incorporation as the Royal Niger Company Chartered &am...

Goldie, George Taubman, Sir, 1846-1925

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George Dashwood Taubman Goldie was born on the Isle of Man in 1846. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, obtaining a commission in the Royal Engineers in 1865, which he resigned two years later. In 1877, he entered the Niger River Trade and two years later formed the United African Company, which soon dominated trade on the lower river. Goldie later launched the National African Company. In 1886, this was renamed the Royal Niger Company Chartered & Limited and given political a...