Industry | Finance |
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Founded | c. 1740 |
Defunct | 1846 |
Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Key people
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Johnathan Gurnell Joseph Hoare Samuel Hoare John Harman Jeremiah Harman Edward Harman Henry Harman |
Products | Financial services |
Harman and Co. was a well-known and respected English banking firm in the City of London. It was founded around 1740 by Quaker partners Johnathan Gurnell (1684-1753) (who married in 1711 Grizell Wilmer of Pitzhanger Manor) and Joseph Hoare (d. 1729), and was in business until 1846. The firm traded extensively with Portugal and were agents for the Russian Imperial Court in St. Petersburg.
The firm had close ties to the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade The only surviving brother of one of its founders was the abolitionist Samuel Hoare Jr. Jeremiah Harman, son of one of the early investors, was one of the first merchants to liquidate his slave related holdings.
The firm changed names several times, finally settling on Harman and Co.