James Ivory (1862-1939) was born in
In
The late nineteenth century was a period when many Edinburgh lawyers were developing a growing interest in the management and investment of other people's money, the investment trust movement having come into being with the creation of the Scottish American Investment Co Ltd in
The Edinburgh financial community, despite a large and growing number of firms, was led by a relatively small number of men who often sat on the boards of one another's companies. The same names recur in various permutations as chairmen and directors of the different trusts managed by
Among James Ivory's other interests was motoring - he promoted the use of personalised number plates, his own number being S3. He was also active in charitable causes, supporting in particular
The registered office of Ivory & Sime Ltd were the offices of the solicitors' firm which acted as secretaries to the company. These were at 63 Castle Street, Edinburgh (Office of
Ivory & Sime Ltd went on to acquire a number of Edinburgh-based investment trusts, the majority of which were registered as private limited companies and whose registered offices were the same as Ivory & Sime Ltd. These included
In
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Held by Ivory & Sime Ltd, investment trust managers, Edinburgh
Permanent loan : via BACS : June 1986 :ACCN 0084
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The catalogue of Ivory & Sime Ltd records exists as part of the UGD 228 finding aid which also includes catalogues of companies owned by Ivory & Sime Ltd or in which they had an interest. A digital file level list is available searchroom.
Manual file list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1577, replaced by NRA(S)2764) and London (NRA21280)
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Ivory & Sime Ltd owned or held interests in a number of investment trust companies whose records exists as follows:
GB 248 UGD 228/2 Records of British Assets Trust Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/3 Records of Second British Assets Trust Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/4 Records of Independent Investment Co Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/5 Records of Investors' Capital Trust Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/6 Records of Second Investors' Mortgage Security Co Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/7 Records of Scottish Realisation Trust Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/9 Records of Edinburgh American Land Mortgage Co Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/10 Records of the Pleasance Trust
GB 248 UGD 228/11 Records of Atlantic Assets Trust Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/12 Records of Clydesdale Investment Co Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/13 Records of Third Scottish Western Investment Co Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/14 Records of Second Caledonian Trust Co Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/15 Records of Third Caledonian Trust Co Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/1-2 Records of Edinburgh Trust & Agency Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/3 Records of Electrical Securities Trust Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/4 Records of Canning Downs Estate Ltd
GB 248 UGD 228/16/1/5 Records of Caledonian Assets Trust Ltd
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Compiled by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 14 January 2003
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