Records of Kerr, MacLeod and MacFarlan, chartered accountants, Glasgow, Scotland

• Memorandum book 1842
• Committee book 1954-1939
• Letterbook 1932-1954
• Partner's minute book 1958-1967
• Journals 1840-1874
• Insurance records 1918-1942
• Photographs c1914-1918
• Ledger 1841-1843
• Directors' photographs 1905
• Glasgow Post Office directories 1815, 1827

Henry Kerr , whose father had first set up his own accountancy practice in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1805  , entered into partnership with William Anderson in 1842  , to form the firm of Kerr & Anderson . Various name changes ensued, reflecting the changing constituents of the partnership. By 1864  , the firm had come to be known as Kerr, Anderson & Brodie , changing to Kerr, Anderson & Co around 1871  , then to Kerr, Anderson & Muir in 1876  , and to Kerr, Anderson, Muir & Main in 1878  . By 1904  , the name had changed again, to Kerr, Anderson & MacLeod , and by 1929  to Kerr, MacLeod and MacFarlan . A partner in this latter firm was Sir John Mackintosh MacLeod ( 1857-1934  ). He was created 1st Baron MacLeod in 1924  . His son, Sir John Mackintosh Norman MacLeod ( 1891-1939  ), followed him into the firm. Kerr, MacLeod & MacFarlan merged with Deloitte & Co in 1974  . In 2002, the firm was known as Deloitte & Touche and operated as a management and business consultancy. Deloitte & Co operated as chartered accountants in Glasgow from the 1970s.

The company's clients included the estate of Kildalton on the Island of Islay, Scotland; and the Killermont and Garscadden estate, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; the North British Locomotive Co; Coltness Iron Co Ltd and its related companies; Hugh Baird & Sons Ltd, brewers and maltsters, Glasgow; and the Cranston Tea Rooms Ltd, Glasgow.

This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items relating to a particular company or estate. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.

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Permanent loan: Deloitte & Touche : Glasgow

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Kerr, MacLeod and MacFarlane acted as accountants for the following firms or individuals and records genereated by them can be found in each collection.

GB 248 UGD 109/1 Records of Kildalton Estate , Islay

GB 248 UGD 011 and GB 248 109/2 Records of North British Locomotive Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/3/1 Records of Coltness Iron Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/3/2 Records of Ardenrigg Coal Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/3/3 Records of Coventry Colliery Industrial Housing Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/3/4 Records of Warwickshire Coal Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/3/5 Records of Cumberland Coal Co (Whitehaven) Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/4 Records of Glencairn Coal Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/5 Records of N C Thorncliffe Collieries Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/6 Records of Hugh Baird & Sons Ltd , brewers and maltsters

GB 248 UGD 109/7 Records of Rivet Bolt & Nut Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/8 Records of Temple Dwellings Co Ltd

GB 248 UGD 109/9 Records of J & R Tennent Ltd , brewers

GB 248 UGD 109/10 Records of Killermont and Garscadden estates , Dunbartonshire

GB 248 UGD 109/11 Records of Cranston's Tea Rooms

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Revised by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 28 May 2002