Child & Co

Sectors:

  • Financial services Commercial private banking services
  • Financial services Goldsmith banking services

Notes:

Traced origins to the goldsmith businesses of William Wheeler and John Blanchard which merged in c1661. Traded at the sign of the Marygold (sic). 1660s John Blanchard joined by (Sir) Francis Child and traded as Blanchard & Child. By 1680s business owned by Francis Child and subsequently traded as Child & Co. Emerged as leading London private bankers serving especially the aristocracy and legal profession. From early 19th century owned by Earls of Jersey who sold to Glyn, Mills & Co in 1923

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