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Auction: 21143 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 184

Great Britain: Sir James Laing and Sons Limited, £10 ordinary shares, 1[899], #20, and £10 preference shares, 1[899], #12, both signed by Hugh Laing and Bryan Laing as directors. Bryan was the last and 14th child born in 1875 to Sir James's second wife! Attractive pieces with large wooden ship in dry dock at left, green and red respectively. Established in Sunderland in 1793 and formed as a Limited Liability company in 1898. Builders of high class passenger liners for companies such as Cunard and P.& O. Also built the first oil tanker for Marcus Samuel of Shell. In difficulty following Sir James's death in 1908 but rescued by Sir James Marr. Became a subsidiary of Sunderland Shipbuilding Dry Docks and Engineering in 1954, eventually passing to Doxford & Sunderland Shipbuilding in 1961. Neatly cancelled, EF (2).

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£25

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