Imperial Continental Gas Association
1824 Company formed for purposes of lighting the principal towns of the Continent.
1820s John Seaward was connected with the Imperial and Continental Gas Company; lit several towns and cities both in Britain and abroad, particularly in France, Belgium, and Holland.
1825 Sir W Congreve, Hon J. T. Leslie Melville, Thomas Meux, J. Horsley Palmer were directors of the Imperial Continental Gas Co[1]
Known as the Imperial Continental Gas Association[2]
1841 Premises at 7 White Hart Court, Lombard St, London[3]
WWI the company's operation were disrupted by the war, especially in Germany where the state ordered the liquidation of the company's property[4]
1923 Received first instalment of compensation for wartime losses in Germany[5]
1950 As part of the company's policy to spread its assets in case of nationalisation, the company had acquired British Sewing Machines Ltd and a substantial interest in Hamer-Porter Paints Ltd. Other British subsidiaries were Ewart and Son, James Stott and Co (Engineers), Utility Loan Co.[6]
c.1952 Acquired the Jones Sewing Machine Co which became part of British Sewing Machines[7]
1958 Increased financial interest in Calor Gas[8]
1960 Sold the holding in James Stott and Co to Glover and Main[9].
c.1962 Sold the interest in Jones Sewing Machine Co which had minimal book value[10]
1965 Purchased a holding in Major and Co[11]. Becoming familiarly known as I.C. Gas
1969 Imperial Continental Gas Association acquired the remaining 72.6 percent of shares in Calor Gas that it did not already own[12]
1985 ICGas had oil production operations in the North Sea and onshore USA; Calor was a another major business; it also had interests in Belgian gas and electricity distribution; in July it sold CompAir[14]
1987 Split into two companies: Calor, including Century Power and Light, and Contibel Holdings, which had investments in a number of Belgian energy companies[15] and was almost immediately taken over by Tractebel and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert of Belgium[16]
1995 Voluntarily liquidated[17]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Monday, Feb 07, 1825
- ↑ The Times, Feb 06, 1827
- ↑ Post Office London Directory, 1841
- ↑ The Times, Aug 28, 1916
- ↑ The Times, Jan 19, 1923
- ↑ The Times, Jul 08, 1950
- ↑ The Times July 4, 1953
- ↑ The Times, Jun 27, 1959
- ↑ The Times, Jun 25, 1960
- ↑ The Times Jun 30, 1962
- ↑ The Times, Jul 03, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Jan 11, 1969
- ↑ The Times Feb. 14, 1980
- ↑ The Times Dec. 11, 1985
- ↑ The Times, February 14, 1987
- ↑ The Times, July 09, 1987
- ↑ The Times, April 25, 1995