Boyd Benfield & Co
Other Business Names:
- Boyd, Walter
- Boyd, Kerr & Cie
- Benfield, Paul
- Herries faily
- Kerr, John W
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Paris, France
Sectors:
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Financial services
Merchant & investment banking services
Notes:
Traced origins to Walter Boyd, 1753-1837, who was connected with the family of Sir Robert Herries of London, bankers and merchants, and developed important interests in European, especially at Paris, banking and capital markets. 1785, with John William Kerr, formed Boyd Kerr & Cie, bankers at Paris, but subsequently had to evacuate Paris for London. There, with the wealthy merchant, Paul Benfield, d1810, in 1793 he formed Boyd Benfield & Co, London bankers. From 1790s, as an influential London financier with strong links to Pitt, was involved in wartime finance of British and allied governments, winning contracts for debt issues on generous but controversial terms. Subsequently over extended and in 1800 bankrupt. He later recovered assets in France and repaid his creditors [2023]