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'''Shaw, Wallace & Co''' | '''Shaw, Wallace & Co Ltd''' | ||
'Shaw, Wallace & Co' were [[Managing_Agencies|Managing Agent]] and Representatives, based in Madras and Bombay, with UK office 'R G Shaw & Co'<ref>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry AS21 footnote 1, page ....</ref>. | 'Shaw, Wallace & Co Ltd' were [[Managing_Agencies|Managing Agent]] and Representatives, based in Madras and Bombay, with UK office 'R G Shaw & Co'<ref>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry AS21 footnote 1, page ....</ref>. | ||
==History== | |||
===Shaw Jamieson and Company=== | |||
In 1868, ‘Shaw Jamieson & Co’ was founded in Calcutta by David Shaw and W. Jamieson | |||
<ref name=Jones>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=WKiuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books ‘Merchants of the Raj: British Managing Agency Houses in Calcutta’ by Stephanie ]; Retrieved 29 May 2020</ref>. | |||
===Shaw Finlayson and Company=== | |||
The Company become ‘Shaw Finlayson & Co’ in 1873-74, when Francis Finlayson became a partner on Jamieson’s death. In 1874 Charles William Wallace joined Lyall Anderson, the firm’s London Agents and two years later a London office was opened. The business in Calcutta was expanded when Finlayson ventured into the Indian produce business, built a railway and developed enterprises in coal, timber and oil. Wallace went to Calcutta in the 1880’s to investigate rumours of mismanagement in the firm, including the unsuccessful attempt to float the ‘Assam Railways and Trading Company’ on the London market, and the firm of ‘Shaw Finlayson and Company’ was wound up in 1881-84<ref name=Jones/> . | |||
===Shaw Wallace & Company=== | |||
Charles William Wallace from 1884-86 worked for [‘ [Finlay, Muir & Co]]’ in Calcutta whilst R.Gordon Shaw, a relation of David Shaw, returned to London and re-established the remnants of the original Shaw Finlayson business, to manage his and other tea estates in India. The firm ‘Shaw Wallace & Company’ was created in 1886 <ref name=Jones/> . | |||
==Company Representatives== | |||
“Shaw Wallace & Co’ acted in the Madras Presidency for a number of companies including:- | |||
*'''[[Arthur Koppel & Co]]''' becoming in 1909 [[Orenstein & Koppel]] in 1909. Calcutta based Agents for supply all types of light railway materials <ref name =WB97>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry WB94 page ....</ref>. | *'''[[Arthur Koppel & Co]]''' becoming in 1909 [[Orenstein & Koppel]] in 1909. Calcutta based Agents for supply all types of light railway materials <ref name =WB97>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry WB94 page ....</ref>. | ||