Knill and Grant
Offices: Monument Buildings, Pudding Lane, London, E.C.
Fruit Brokers and Warehouse Keepers.
Established in the latter part of the eighteenth century under the name of Merrill. Partnership Successions: Merrill & Knill; John Knill( father of Sir Stuart Knill, Lord Mayor of London, 1892-3); Richard Grant (1860-1887).
1914 The present partners, Richard J. Grant and Harry Grant, are the sons of the late Richard Grant. Warehouses: Nos. 27, 29, and 30, Pudding Lane; 32 to 35, Botolph Lane; Middelton's Wharf; London Docks. It was near or on the site of No. 27, Pudding Lane that the Great Fire of London (1666) began. Speciality: The firm, whose business is one of the oldest of its kind in the City, act as brokers. and deal with all varieties of " Green " Fruit—fruit that is not dried