HC Deb 18 April 1944 vol 399 cc39-42W
Mr. Parker

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a list of the names of the present directors of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation, together with a list of other directorships which they hold.

Sir J. Anderson

The list of directors of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation and of other directorships held by them is as follows:

Sir Francis Joseph, Bt., K.B.E., D.L. (Acting Chairman)*—Directorships held:

Settle Speakman and Company Limited.

Mossfield Colliery Limited.

Bignall Hill Colliery Company Limited.

Stirrup and Pye Limited.

Fenton Collieries Limited.

Stafford Coal and Iron Company Limited.

Timber and Wood (Merseyside) Limited.

A. & S. Henry and Company Limited.

Blaw-Knox Limited.

London Midland and Scottish Railway Company Limited.

Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited.

Midland Bank Limited.

Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited.

Rio Tinto Company Limited.

Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited.

Birmingham Canal Navigations.

Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway Company.

Mr. A. Chester Beatty—Directorships held:

American Metal Company Limited.

Boart Products, Limited.

Consolidated African Selection Trust Limited.

Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa Limited.

Mufulira Copper Mines Limited.

Northern Rhodesia Power Corporation Limited.

Rhodesian Selection Trust Limited.

Roan Antelope Copper Mines Limited.

Selection Trust Limited.

Seltrust Investments Limited.

Sierra Leone Selection Trust Limited.

Trepea Mines Limited.

Union Corporation Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Portugal) Limited.

Selection Manufacturing Company Limited.

Central Mining and Investment Corporation Limited.

Karamiat Estates Limited.

Mr. G. A. McEwen—Directorships held:

Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited.

Chinese Purchasing Agency.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Spain) Limited.

*Lord Swinton, Minister Resident in West Africa, still retains the post of Chairman of the Corporation.

Sir Frank Nixon—Directorships held:

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Spain) Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Portugal) Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Ethiopia) Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Egypt) Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Eritrea) Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Iran) Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Iraq) Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Palestine) Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Sudan) Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Syria and Lebanon) Ltd.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (East Africa) Limited.

Mr. J. H. Hambro—Directorships held:

Hambros Bank, Limited.

Hambro Trust, Limited.

Ashdown Investment Trust, Limited.

British and Continental Banking Company, Limited.

John Dickinson and Company, Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Spain), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Portugal), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Ethiopia), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (East Africa), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Egypt), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Eritrea), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Iran), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Iraq), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Palestine), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Sudan), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Syria and Lebanon), Limited.

Mr. C. P. Lister—Directorships held:

R. A. Lister and Company, Limited.

Blackstone and Company, Limited.

S.A. R. A. Lister et Cie.

Mr. L. C. Paton—Directorships held:

Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada), Limited.

Harrisons and Crosfield (Borneo), Limited.

Harrisons, Barker and Company, Limited.

Wilkinson Rubber Linatex, Limited.

Wilkinson Sales Corporation (Canada), Limited.

British Borneo Timber Company, Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Portugal), Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Spain), Limited.

Captain J. A. Leighton—Directorships held:

Stelp and Leighton, Limited.

J. H. Wackerbarth and Company, Limited. Southampton Steamship Company.

Crete Shipping Company.

Sark Motorships, Limited.

Guernsey, Alderney and Sark Steamship Company.

R. C. Hardman Sons, Limited.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Portugal), Limited.

Lionel Edwards, Limited, Calcutta, India and any associated or subsidiary companies registered in India, Burma or Ceylon, and including the name "Lionel Edwards" in their title.

United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (Spain), Limited.

Mr. E. J. Shearer—Directorships held:

Molyneux et Cie, Limited.

Survey and General Loan Company, Limited.

Mr. A. D. Campbell—Directorships held:

Forbes, Campbell and Company, Limited.

George and R. Dewhurst, Limited.

Manchester Ship Canal Company.

Waring and Gillow (19312), Limited.

Martins Bank (Manchester Branch).

Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. E. H. Lever—Directorships held:

Richard Thomas and Company, Limited.

Glasbrook Brothers, Limited.

Clayton Tin Plate Company, Limited.

Gravesend Steel and Tinplate Company, Limited.

H. F. Spencer and Company, Limited.

Lancaster's Steam Coal Collieries, Limited.

Monks, Hall and Company, Limited.

New Sharlston Collieries Company, Limited.

R.T. Metal Productions, Limited.

Richard Nevill and Company, Limited.

S. J. Burrell Prior, Limited.

South Wales Tinplate Corporation, Limited.

Swansea Navigation Collieries, Limited.

W. Gilbertson and Company, Limited.

Whitehead Thomas Bar and Strip Company, Limited.

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