Hart, Fellows & Company Records

Scope and Content

Records of Hart, Fellows & Company relating to its amalgamation with Lloyds, including auditors’ reports, correspondence and amalgamation agreement.

Administrative / Biographical History

This private bank was formed in 1808 as Fellows & Hart. It was located at the Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham and was otherwise known as the Nottingham & Notts Bank. Its partners were John Fellows, Francis Hart and a Mr Mellor. From about 1824 the business was styled Hart, Fellows & Co and in 1866 it was acquired by the English Joint Stock Bank (est. 1866) which failed in May 1866. The business was then reconstructed as a private partnership, Hart, Fellows & Co, which was acquired by Lloyds in 1891.

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