Rowe & Pitman

Rowe & Pitman
IndustryStockbroker
Founded1895
FounderGeorge Duncan Rowe
Fred Pitman
FateAcquired by S.G. Warburg (1986)
HeadquartersLondon

Rowe & Pitman was once one of the largest British stockbrokers.[1]

History

The firm was founded in London in 1895 by stockbrokers George Duncan Rowe and Fred Pitman.[2] It was known in the city as "R & P". In the 1950s, two of the firm's biggest clients were the South African companies Anglo-American Corporation and De Beers Consolidated Mines.[3]

The firm was one of the largest stockbrokers in the City of London in the mid twentieth century before it was taken over by S.G. Warburg in 1986.[4][5]

Further reading

  • Andrew Lycett. From Diamond Sculls to Golden Handcuffs: A History of Rowe & Pitman (London: Robert Hale, 1998)

References

  1. ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "A Postscript: Rowe & Pitman". 19 May 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. ^ Peter Wilmot-Sitwell obituary. The Times, 28 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "4-WAY WARBURG TIE IS PLANNED". The New York Times. 15 August 1984. p. 4. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  5. ^ McCrystal, Damien (2002-06-08). "Old Siegmund's spinning in his grave". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-03-21.