Agency:
Johnstone and Wilmot
Agency Number:
Start Date:
12 Aug 1842
Description:
The founder of the firm, William Johnstone arrived in VDL on the Arab in November 1841 and by August 1842 he had secured a lease on a building in St John Street, Launceston and started the new business William Johnstone, Merchant. In the 1850s William Johnstone was appointed Agent for the Northern Assurance Co. and at the time of the 90th anniversary of Johnstone and Wilmot it is noted that Johnstone and Willmot were the oldest agents of the Insurance Company in the World (1932). ;;Following the death of William Johnstone in 1874 his son William John Johnstone was joined by Stuart Eardley - Wilmot who had married Johnstone's daughter Rosa and from this date the firm was known as Johnstone and Wilmot. Following the death of William John Johnstone in 1891 Stuart Eardley Wilmot carried on the busines on his own until 1910 when the business was converted into a proprietary company. The managing directors being Eardley - Wilmot, W Stewart Johnstone and W P Dobson. In 1920 Commander Trevor Eardley Wilmot was taken into the Company. Frank Shaw was appointed the first Company Secretary, a positon he still held in 1932. Other employees include Robert Bain, William Stroud, Henry Bourke was the Accountant for many years, Arthur Davis, James Wallace and George Fletcher.;;On the 17 March 1921 a Branch House was opened in Devonport under the Management of George Saul.;;
Information Sources:
Examiner 12 August 1932 p11 Launceston Firm Celebrates 90th Anniversary
Functions Performed:
Tasmanian businesses
Controlled Agencies:
Northern Assurance Company, Tasmanian Agency (NG2172) | 01 Jan 1855 |
Continental C & G Rubber Company, Tasmanian Agency (NG2503) | 01 Jan 1909 | 31 Dec 1923 |
Related Agencies:
William Johnstone, Merchant and Family (NG1500) | 01 Jan 1821 | 31 Dec 1874 |
Stuart Eardley - Wilmot (NG2511) | 01 Jan 1847 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS915 Correspondence and associated Papers | 01 Jan 1840 | 31 Dec 1969 |
NS2934 Papers relating to Financial Dealings, Trade Quotes and Prices and Product Labels | 01 Jan 1842 | 31 Dec 1920 |
NS3071 Memoranda and Invoices received from Tasmanian Businesses | 01 Jan 1843 | 31 Dec 1928 |
NS3047 Indexes to General Ledgers | 01 Jan 1844 | 30 Mar 1910 |
NS3046 General Ledgers | 31 Jan 1844 | 30 Nov 1923 |
NS3041 Day Book | 01 Jan 1845 | 26 Mar 1906 |
NS2974 Letterbooks | 15 Jul 1845 | 04 Jan 1924 |
NS411 Correspondence and associated Papers of Johnstone & Wilmot and a Mcnaughtan, Merchants, Launceston. | 01 Jan 1846 | 31 Dec 1914 |
NS2935 Correspondence re Shipping and Markets | 01 Jan 1850 | 31 Dec 1920 |
NS2013 Logbook, Correspondence and associated Papers relating to Ships associated with the Company | 01 Jan 1856 | 31 Dec 1863 |
NS5703 Miscellaneous Correspondence | 07 May 1856 | 25 Mar 1938 |
NS3045 Stock Books | 01 Jan 1859 | 31 Dec 1975 |
NS2928 Advertising Posters from Johnstone & Wilmot Collection | 01 Jan 1870 | 31 Dec 1910 |
NS5704 Photographs and Memorabilia | 01 Nov 1872 | 25 Oct 1945 |
NS5701 Business Diaries | 01 Jan 1883 | 31 Dec 1937 |
NS3008 Copies of Letters addressed to Gilbert J Mccaul & Co, London | 23 Jul 1896 | 18 May 1908 |
NS5699 Articles of Association | 01 Jan 1910 | 01 Jan 1962 |
NS3092 List of Cars and Cycles registered in Tasmania | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1920 |
NS3091 Day Book, Motor Department | 01 Jun 1924 | 31 Dec 1926 |
NS3044 Minutes of Meetings of Shareholders | 30 Sep 1926 | 28 Jan 1964 |
NS5700 Minutes of Directors' Meetings | 26 Jul 1933 | 10 Aug 1981 |
NS5702 Annual Reports | 01 Jan 1974 | 01 Jan 1979 |