J. S. Morgan & Co.

J. S. Morgan & Co. was a London investment firm founded by the American George Peabody, which in 1854 became Peabody, Morgan and Company as Junius Spencer Morgan became a partner. Upon Peabody's retirement in 1864, it took the name J. S. Morgan.

Related Topics:
George Peabody - Junius Spencer Morgan

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The firm specialized in selling American bonds to British investors.

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In 1864, Julius acquired an existing firm to be the bank's New York branch and made his son, J. P. Morgan a partner in this new branch, Dabney, Morgan and Company, which was later to become the investment firm J. P. Morgan & Co..

Related Topics:
J. P. Morgan - J. P. Morgan & Co.

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In 1904, Edward Grenfell was made a partner in the firm and in 1909 it underwent a further change of name to become Morgan, Grenfell and Company.

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