Bowring, C T, & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Bowring, Benjamin
- Bowring, Charles T
- English & American Shipping Co Ltd
- Bowring Steamship Co Ltd
- Marsh McLennan
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- St John's NL, Canada
Sectors:
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Financial services
Insurance broking & agency services
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Transport services
Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Traced origins to 1813 at St John's, Newfoundland when established by Benjamin Bowring as traders and shipowners. 1835 established a Liverpool office which came to be run by Charles T Bowring as C T Bowring & Co. By 1880s had developed inter alia important transatlantic cargo shipping services, in 1888 forming English & American Shipping Co Ltd. These interests reorganised in 1919 as Bowring Steamship co Ltd. These shipping interests subsequently declined and were closed but the firm emerged as very important insurance brokers in London and Liverpool. Floated 1964. Insurance business subsequently acquired by Marsh McLennan in 1980 when still led by the Bowring family
Publications:
- A Thicket of Business. A history of the Bowring family and the Bowring Group of Companies by Bowring, Peter
- Benjamin Bowring and his Descendants. A record of mercantile achievement by Wardle, Arthur C
- Bowring Story by Keir, David E
- Oil for the West of England, 1889-1896. A study in competition by Reader, William J
- 'Recruitment and stability of employment in the British merchant marine. The case of C T Bowring & Company' in R Ommer & G Panting (eds), Working Men Who Got Wet. Proceedings of the fourth conference of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project by Matthews, Keith
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bowring, Benjamin
- Bowring, Charles T
- English & American Shipping Co Ltd
- Bowring Steamship Co Ltd
- Marsh McLennan
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- St John's NL, Canada
Sectors:
- Financial services Insurance broking & agency services
- Transport services Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Traced origins to 1813 at St John's, Newfoundland when established by Benjamin Bowring as traders and shipowners. 1835 established a Liverpool office which came to be run by Charles T Bowring as C T Bowring & Co. By 1880s had developed inter alia important transatlantic cargo shipping services, in 1888 forming English & American Shipping Co Ltd. These interests reorganised in 1919 as Bowring Steamship co Ltd. These shipping interests subsequently declined and were closed but the firm emerged as very important insurance brokers in London and Liverpool. Floated 1964. Insurance business subsequently acquired by Marsh McLennan in 1980 when still led by the Bowring familyPublications:
- A Thicket of Business. A history of the Bowring family and the Bowring Group of Companies by Bowring, Peter
- Benjamin Bowring and his Descendants. A record of mercantile achievement by Wardle, Arthur C
- Bowring Story by Keir, David E
- Oil for the West of England, 1889-1896. A study in competition by Reader, William J
- 'Recruitment and stability of employment in the British merchant marine. The case of C T Bowring & Company' in R Ommer & G Panting (eds), Working Men Who Got Wet. Proceedings of the fourth conference of the Atlantic Canada Shipping Project by Matthews, Keith