Cornes & Co
Other Business Names:
- Cornes, Frederick
- Aspinall, William G
- Aspinall, Cornes & Co
- Hewett, Peter
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Yokohama, Japan
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading co & agency house activities
Notes:
Traces origins to 1861 when established as Aspinall, Cornes & Co at Yokohama by William G Aspinall, a tea dealer, and Frederick Cornes, 1837-1927, a silk dealer, as commission agents. Both had formerly worked in Shanghai. By 1869 largest silk exporters at Yokohama.1867 opened a London office. 1873 renamed Cornes & Co. Also imported into Japan UK cotton textiles, metal goods, coal, etc. Soon diversified into agency services owning a wide range of business assets in Japan and representing many UK businesses. Continues as a major international trading house at Yokohama
Publications:
- Business, Life and Letters of Frederick Cornes. Aspects of the evolution of commerce in modern Japan, 1861-1910 by Davies, Peter N
- 'Frederick Cornes, 1837-1927. Founder and senior partner of Cornes & Co, 1873-1911' in H Cortazzi (ed), Britain and Japan. Biographical portraits, Volume 4 by Davies, Peter N
- 'Peter Hewett, 1920-82' in H Cortazzi (ed), Britain and Japan. Biographical portraits, Volume 4 by Baker-Bates, Merrick
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Cornes, Frederick
- Aspinall, William G
- Aspinall, Cornes & Co
- Hewett, Peter
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Yokohama, Japan
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading co & agency house activities
Notes:
Traces origins to 1861 when established as Aspinall, Cornes & Co at Yokohama by William G Aspinall, a tea dealer, and Frederick Cornes, 1837-1927, a silk dealer, as commission agents. Both had formerly worked in Shanghai. By 1869 largest silk exporters at Yokohama.1867 opened a London office. 1873 renamed Cornes & Co. Also imported into Japan UK cotton textiles, metal goods, coal, etc. Soon diversified into agency services owning a wide range of business assets in Japan and representing many UK businesses. Continues as a major international trading house at YokohamaPublications:
- Business, Life and Letters of Frederick Cornes. Aspects of the evolution of commerce in modern Japan, 1861-1910 by Davies, Peter N
- 'Frederick Cornes, 1837-1927. Founder and senior partner of Cornes & Co, 1873-1911' in H Cortazzi (ed), Britain and Japan. Biographical portraits, Volume 4 by Davies, Peter N
- 'Peter Hewett, 1920-82' in H Cortazzi (ed), Britain and Japan. Biographical portraits, Volume 4 by Baker-Bates, Merrick