Green and Cadbury
of Great Hampton Street, Birmingham
See Green, Cadbury and Richards
1858 Company established by Edwin Green.
1861 Joel Cadbury joined the firm.
1862 Patent 392. To Edwin Green, of the firm of Green and Cadbury, Button Manufacturers, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, and James Newman, Jeweller, also of Birmingham aforesaid, for the invention of "certain improvements in buttons for fastening and ornamenting articles of dress.".[1]
1873 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, Edwin Green and Joel Cadbury, carrying on business in Great Hampton-street, and formerly in Summer-row, Birmingham, as Button Manufacturers and Jewellers, under the firm of Green and Cadbury, was this day dissolved by mutual consent...'[2]
1899 Company change. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, Joel Cadbury and Fred Walker Lambert, as Button Manufacturers, carrying on business under the firm of Green Cadbury and Co., at Great Hampton-street Works, Great Hampton-street, in the city of Birmingham, was dissolved on the 4th day of September, 1899, by reason of the transfer of the said business to the firm of Green and Cadbury Limited, by whom it will in future be carried on. As witness the hands of the said Joel Cadbury and Fred Walker Lambert...'[3]
1899 Incorporated as a private limited company.
1908 The linen button portion of the business was amalgamated with Buttons Ltd.
1914 Manufacturing silversmiths and makers of general fancy goods. Specialities: silver and electroplated goods, photo frames of various kinds, studs, links etc. Employees 300. [4]
1922 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of Silver and Electro Plate Manicures, Brushes, Mirrors and General Fancy Articles. Studs and Links. Speciality: E. P. and Silver Photo Frames. (Stand No. E.27) [5]
1947 Company wound up.[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [The London Gazette Publication date:21 February 1862 Issue:22600 Page:902]
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:16 September 1873 Issue:24017 Page:4235
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:7 November 1899 Issue:27133 Page:6702
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1922 British Industries Fair Page 33
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:18 March 1947 Supplement:37908 Page:1288