Records of Sierra Leone Development Co Ltd, iron masters, Glasgow, Scotland and Sierra Leone 1911-1974

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Records of Sierra Leone Development Co Ltd, iron masters, Glasgow, Scotland and Sierra Leone 1911-1974

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb248-ugd/164/4

0.6 metres

Glasgow University Archive Service

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6296871

Glasgow University Archive Service

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

William Baird & Co Ltd 1938-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rp86nk (corporateBody)

Sierra Leone Development Co Ltd 1930-1970s

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67z1btx (corporateBody)

Sierra Leone Development Co Ltd (iron masters: 1930-1970s: Glasgow, Scotland)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zn0grq (corporateBody)

In 1929 , William Baird & Co Ltd , coal and iron masters, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, became interested in Sierra Leone following the publication of a 1927 geological survey. Responsibility for investigated this scheme was handed to Robert Angus (1882-1949), director of William Baird & Co Ltd, and lead to the incorporation of the Sierra Leone Development Co Ltd in 1930 . William Baird & Co Ltd owned 47.5 percent of this company, as did the Northern Mercantil...