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Auction: 20118 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 277

Great Britain: Thames Iron Works Ship Building, Engineering & Dry Dock Co. Ltd., £100 shares, 186[4], #196, sailing ship at left, black. The company acquired the yard at Blackwall, London from the bankrupt Charles Mare supported by Peter Rolt, his father-in-law and Lord Alan Spencer-Churchill, who signs this certioficate as director. The new company was the largest shipbuilder on the Thames; it built the largest iron warship in the world - HMS Warrier - in 1863, followed by vessels by many navies around the world. Title changed in 1899 to Thames Iron Works, Shipbuilding & Engineering Co after the acquisition of engine builder John Penn. Thames Ironworks Football Club was formed in 1895 but the name was changed in 1900 to West Ham United Football Club allowing them to employ professional players. Motor cars were also produced for a few years in the early 1900's. Lord Alan Spencer-Churchill, 3rd son of the Earl of Marlborough, great uncle of Sir Winston Churchill. VF.

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