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Scottish Oil Agency Ltd.

Company number:
Registered in Scotland No.10059
Started:
16th May 1918
Finished:
6th December 1933
Registered office:

40 St Vincent Street, Glasgow (4th June 1918)
53 Bothwell Street, Glasgow (12th September 1921)

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The Scottish Oil Agency Ltd was formed under government direction during the first World War to combine the sales and marketing activities of the surviving Scottish shale oil companies. The following year, when these companies were amalgamated into Scottish Oils Ltd., the agreement with Scottish Oil Agency was amended, and Scottish Oil Agency Ltd. became responsible for marketing and distribution of both home produced and imported oils produced by Scottish Oils and associated companies in the Anglo-Persian group. The products of the shale oil industry were sold in England and Ireland by the British Petroleum Co.

The Scottish Oil Agency operated a network of distribution depots across Scotland, and maintained a number of local offices and regional sales staff. William Fraser was appointed the first Managing Director of the Agency, and did much to shape its operations.

The Scottish Oil Agency Ltd was wound-up in 1932, following the creation of Scottish Oils & Shell Mex Ltd, a Scottish arm of the marketing alliance between the Anglo-Persian and Shell oil companies. The Scottish Oil Agency Ltd continued as a dormant company until 1997.

  • Directors and Officials

      • Directors

      The directors of the company are listed below:

      • John Wishart - 1918-1920 (Chairman from 1919-1920)
      • Robert Crichton - 1918-1920
      • William Fraser - 1918-1933
      • Angus Kerr - 1918-1920
      • William Montgomerie - 1918-1920
      • Sir Frederick William Black - 1918-1922
      • Duncan Garrow - 1920-1926
      • John Buck Lloyd - 1920-1933
      • Herbert Edward Nichols - 1920-1927
      • John Douglas Stewart - 1920-1925
      • Sir John T. Cargill Bt. - 1922-1933
      • Sir Hubert Bryan Heath Eves - 1926-1933
      • Robert Irving Watson - 1926-1933
      • Robert Crichton - 1930-1933

      Secretaries

      • T. Miller - 1919-1921
      • Robert Wilson Meikle - 1921-1933
  • Archive records
  • Office properties
      • Lease of three rooms and a cloakroom on the second floor of the British Linen Bank buildings at Murraygate, Dundee. 1927. See full record 183530 page 81
      • Lease, dated 1928, from St. Cuthberts Cooperative Association of offices and lamp showroom at 6A Picardy Place, Edinburgh. See full record 183530 page 81
      • LEASE. - It was reported that on 6th March 1925, Lease between the Hope Trust and the company of yard and buildings in Annandale Street Lane, Edinburgh used as a lamp warehouse, for three years from Whitsunday 1925 at a rent of £33 per annum was executed on behalf of the Company, which was confirmed. Meeting of Directors of the Scottish Oil Agency Ltd 7th April 1925. See full record 215265
  • Trade marks

      • Agreement between the Scottish Oil Agency Ltd and British Petroleum Co. Ltd dated October 1926 with regard to using the trade marks "White May", "Rocklight", "BP Motor Spirit". See full record 183530 page 76

      Joint registration of the trade marks "Somul" and "Mulspray" by Scottish Oil Agency Ltd and Scottish Oils Ltd. See full record 183530 page 78

  • Related file records
    • 183530 - The Scottish Oil Agency Limited, Summary of Leases, Rents etc. Also Irano Products Limited (from page 150). Dated 1923-1963. - Bound lease register. The Scottish Oil Agency Limited, Summary of Leases, Rents etc. Also Irano Products Limited (from page 150). Mentions various railway companies leases, offices leases and other deports and departments with numbers next to them, it is not clear what the numbers represent - lease agreement numbers? Dated 1923-1963.
    • 215765 - The Scottish Oil Agency Ltd, Minute Book No 1, part 2 - Split in two parts to reduce file size The volume contains the minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Company (from the third, held on 27th May 1921 to the final Extra Ordinary General Meeting of the Company (in Liquidation) on 30th November 1933. Attached in the volume are the printed reports of the Directors and Balance Sheets of the Company (signed copies) along with a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company and a typed copy of an agreement between the Scottish Oil Agency Limited and the Scottish Shale Oil Companies.
    • 215765 - The Scottish Oil Agency Ltd, Minute Book No 1- part 1 - Bound minute book containing the handwritten signed minutes of the Board of Directors of the Scottish Oil Agency Limited from the meeting held on 28th May 1918 (first meeting) to that held on 9th March 1921.

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