Cairns, Noble and Co
of Akenside House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Shipowners, Shipbrokers, Coal Merchants
1875 Established by Thomas Cairns
1888 W. J. Noble joined the partnership.
Managers of the Cairn Line and the Thomson Line of Steamers
1914 Principals: W. J. Noble, J.P., T. Russell Cairns, and W. Black Noble. Branches: Cairns, Noble & Co., and Wm. Thomson & Co., Ltd., London; Hall Brothers, Cairns, Noble & Co., Ltd., Cardiff.
Later taken over by Furness, Withy and Co