Albert Baker and Co
of 65 Holloway Road, London.
1898 The company was registered on 5 March, to take over the business of manufacturing and retail tobacconists of A. Baker and Co. [1]
1914 Nathaniel de Mesa.[2]
1920 Proposed merger of Walker's Tobacco Co, W. H. Newman and Co, Findlay and Co and Albert Baker and Co.[3] The merger failed to be completed.
1925 John Edward Richardson, the chairman and managing director. Acquired W. H. Newman and Co.[4]