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Annick Lodge Oil Co. Ltd.

Company number:
Registered in Scotland, No. 1431
Share capital:
£12,000
Started:
4th February 1885
Finished:
1st April 1891
Registered office:

59 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow

A limited company formed to acquire the interests of the Annick Lodge Oil Company; a partnership including John Baird and John Baird Junior.

Directors

The first directors of the company are listed below:

  • John Baird - Coalmaster, Lesmahagow
  • John Baird Junior - Annick Lodge Oil Company, Irvine
  • Archibald C. Brown - Merchant, Gledstanes, Bishopton
  • James Eaglesham - Coalmaster, Kilmarnock
  • Peter Wishart Hall - Caledonia Oil-Works, Glasgow
  • Graham Stevenson - Engineer, Airdrie

  • Associated references
    • Registration Records transcribed from dissolved company records held by the National Archives of Scotland

  • Newspaper references
    • LIST OF APPLICATIONS CLOSE 25TH JANUARY.

      ANNICK LODGE OIL COMPANY, LIMITED.

      CAPITAL £12,000 IN 2400 SHARES OF £5 EACH.

      Payable 20s on Application,. 20S on Allotment, and the Balance as required in Calls not exceeding £1 per Share, at intervals of not less than Two Months. It is not intended to call up more that £4 per Share.

      Directors.

      • ARCHIBALD C BROWN, Esq, Merchant, Gledstanes, Bishopton
      • JOHN BAIRD Esq. , Coalmasster Lesmahagow
      • JOHN BAIRD Esq. Jun.,Annick Lodge Oil Company Irvine
      • JAMES EAGLESHAM, Esq., Coalmaster, Kilmarnock
      • PETER WISHART HALL, Esq Caledonia Oil-Works, Glasgow.
      • GRAHAM STEVENSON, Esq, Engineer, Airdrie will join the Board after Allotment of Shares.

      Solicitors

      • ANDERSON & PATTISON 137 St Vincent Street Glasgow

      Interim Secretary

      • JOHN WILSON, CA 59 St Vincent Street Glasgow

      Auditor

      • ALEXANDER FRAME, 175 St Vincent Street Glasgow

      Bankers

      • The BRITISH LINEN COMPANY BANK, Glasgow and Kilmarnock

      PROSPECTUS

      This Company has been formed for the purpose of acquiring the existing Oil-Works, Pits, Workmen's Houses and Other Buildings belonging to the Annick Lodge Oil Company, with the Goodwill of the Business, Mineral Leases, Stocks of Shale etc, in hand, and of carrying on the Manufacture of Crude Oil and Sulphate of Ammonia. The yield per Ton of Shale in daily working is 37 Gallons Crude Oil 21lb Sulphate of Ammonia Reports and Valuation of the Works by Mr James Jones. Dalmeny Oil Company. Mr James Liddell, Walkinshaw Oil Company and Mr John Reid MP, along with Memorandum and Articles of Association, can be seen at the Offices of the Solicitors.

      Applications for Shares should be forwarded to the Company's Bankers, or the The Solicitors or Interim Secretary, from whom all further information may be obtained.

      Glasgow Herald, 23rd January 1885

      .......

      THE ANNICK LODGE OIL COMPANY LIMITED – IN LIQUIDATION

      The Subscribers are prepared to negotiate for the sale, as a going concern, of the MINES, WORKS, PLANT, HOUSES, & c. of the above company, which are situated near Irvine. The works are close to the Glasgow and South-Western Railway, and which they are connected by a siding. The works produce Crude Oil and Sulphate of Ammonia, and the mineral field contains a large quantity of shale and coal. The works may be inspected at any time, and inventories will be ready in a few days. Meantime, further particulars may be had from the Subscribers.

      JOHN WILSON & STIRLING, C.A., 59 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, 5th November 1889.

      Glasgow Herald, 6th November 1889