Piercy, Benjamin, 1827-1888 (railway engineer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1827 - 1888
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
File
Correspondence re Benjamin Piercy Estate, 30 Jan. 1933-5 Aug. 1940
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/I21/2/4/33
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of D.G.M. Bernard, Bank of England and (mainly) Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, regarding the Estate and Trusts of Benjamin Piercy, of which he was a Trustee. Most of the material concerns the management of the Benjamin Piercy Estate in the interest of Piercy's children, Arabella Margaret Bernard (mother of D.G.M. Bernard); Ethel Mary, Lady Buchanan-Jardine; Eva Gertrude Bell-Irving; and Lilian Edith Coxon. There is also some material concerning the Trust for Robert Charles...
Dates:
30 Jan. 1933-5 Aug. 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
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