1909 Founded as the London and Rhodesian Mining and Land Co.
1963 Name changed to Lonrho.[1]
1968 Acquired David Whitehead and Sons. [2]
1968 Acquired Ashanti Goldfields Corporation. [3]
1969 Acquired John Holt and Co (Liverpool). [4]
1976 Acquired Brentford Nylons. [5]
1977 Acquired Dunford and Elliott. [6]
1979 Acquired Dutton-Forshaw Group. [7]
1979 Acquired Harrison and Sons. [8]
1993 Subsidiary Sunley Turriff Holdings acquired Lilley Construction (Scotland)[9]
1996 Started disposing of the non-mining assets:[10]
- Princess Hotels
- Metropole Hotel chain (Gordon Hotels?)
- Harrison and Sons
- Cramlington Sons, textiles
- Dutton-Forshaw and Jack Barclay motor business
- F. E. Wright, insurance broker
- Various African assets
and demerged Lonrho Africa
1998 Sold Sunley Turriff Holdings for a nominal sum, completing the exit from non-mining businesses [11]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, March 12, 1963
- ↑ The Times, September 17, 1968
- ↑ The Times, October 24, 1968
- ↑ The Times, May 19, 1969
- ↑ The Times, July 7, 1976
- ↑ The Times, January 27, 1977
- ↑ The Times, October 18, 1979
- ↑ The Times, September 26, 1979
- ↑ The Times Jan. 20, 1993
- ↑ The Times Jan. 22, 2005
- ↑ The Times Oct. 9, 1998