Lyons Quay and Somers Quay were acquired by the East India Company in 1796. The freehold of Lyons Quay [Botolph Wharf] was purchased from Curling and Johnson in 1796 for £12,500, and the lease of Somers Quay and its buildings was purchased for £13,000 from John Dawes who he...
[1] Rt Hon Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, Lord Viscount Strangford of Ireland [2] Christopher Beauchamp [3] Rt Hon Charles Yorke, member of HM Privy Council; Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Rear Admiral of the Blue; Rt Hon John Lord Eliot and his wife Caroline...
Estate at 12 Lower Thames Street near Lyons Quay, consisting of a house variously known as the Lyon and Key, Cowlings House or Bucklands House, and the adjoining ground and warehouses. The property was held in sixteen shares, each valued at £196 17s 6d since the Company intended to pay £3,150 for...