Balfour Williamson & Co was a shipping company based in Liverpool, England, and later an export confirming house and freight forwarding company. Latterly a subsidiary of Lonmin (formerly Lonrho).[1] In October 2016 the company returned to family ownership when acquired by Guthrie Williamson, the great-great-great grandson of the founder Stephen Williamson.
Williamson and Duncan were responsible for the company's operations in Chile, which thrived. A subsidiary was set up in Chile, the Williamson-Balfour Company, which was involved in many activities, most notably in sheep farming on Easter Island between 1897 and 1953.[3]
The company's first ship was the Gardner, soon replaced by the Santiago, a 455-ton barque. The Santiago was sold in 1888, and later the hulk was used as a coal store in Adelaide, Australia, where it still lies.[4] A later ship, the San Rafael caught fire off Cape Horn in December 1874 with the loss of 19 and 5 survivors who spent 27 days in an open boat[5]
See alsoedit
Wallis Hunt, Heirs to Great Adventure, the History of Balfour Williamson & Company, Vol. 1 1851-1901 (1951) London; Vol. 2 1901-1951 (1960) London.
Referencesedit
^Competition Commission report (1981): The Observer and George Outram and Company para 4.15
^. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
^Fischer, S.R. (2005) Island at the Edge of the World ISBN1-86189-282-9 p.157
^. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
^Bulletin of The Liverpool Nautical Research Society vol 53 25.28
May 04, 2024
balfour, williamson, shipping, company, based, liverpool, england, later, export, confirming, house, freight, forwarding, company, latterly, subsidiary, lonmin, formerly, lonrho, october, 2016, company, returned, family, ownership, when, acquired, guthrie, wil. Balfour Williamson amp Co was a shipping company based in Liverpool England and later an export confirming house and freight forwarding company Latterly a subsidiary of Lonmin formerly Lonrho 1 In October 2016 the company returned to family ownership when acquired by Guthrie Williamson the great great great grandson of the founder Stephen Williamson Balfour Williamson amp Co LimitedCompany typePrivate The company was founded in 1851 by two young men from Fife Scotland Alexander Balfour and Stephen Williamson They were joined for a time by a third partner David Duncan The company traded with South America and had offices in Valparaiso Chile and San Francisco 2 Williamson and Duncan were responsible for the company s operations in Chile which thrived A subsidiary was set up in Chile the Williamson Balfour Company which was involved in many activities most notably in sheep farming on Easter Island between 1897 and 1953 3 The company s first ship was the Gardner soon replaced by the Santiago a 455 ton barque The Santiago was sold in 1888 and later the hulk was used as a coal store in Adelaide Australia where it still lies 4 A later ship the San Rafael caught fire off Cape Horn in December 1874 with the loss of 19 and 5 survivors who spent 27 days in an open boat 5 See also editWallis Hunt Heirs to Great Adventure the History of Balfour Williamson amp Company Vol 1 1851 1901 1951 London Vol 2 1901 1951 1960 London References edit Competition Commission report 1981 The Observer and George Outram and Company para 4 15 Methil Heritage website Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 Retrieved 25 April 2009 Fischer S R 2005 Island at the Edge of the World ISBN 1 86189 282 9 p 157 Methil heritage website Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 Retrieved 25 April 2009 Bulletin of The Liverpool Nautical Research Society vol 53 25 28 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Balfour Williamson amp oldid 1111928318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
