4.0 LATTEY'S IN
INDIA
Pittar
and Co were established at 9 Old Court House Street, Calcutta on 1st August
1825, probably by Arthur
Pittar, who lived in Calcutta from 1822 to 1842. It had a joint business with
Pittar and Co, diamond and jewel merchants, 10 John Street, Adelphi,
London. Pittar & Co operated until
1848 when they were succeeded by
Charles, Nephew & Co, founded by Charles John Pittar, Parke Pittar (jun)
and Thomas Powell. They were Electro-platers and gilders, and importers of papier-mache ware. Charles,
Nephew & Co operated in Calcutta from 1848 to 1870 and in Simla(Allenville) from 1866 to 1870.
Arthur
Pittar and Robert John Lattey (RJL) formed Arthur Pittar, Lattey & Co in
1835, first at 15 Tank Square, and then from 1836 to 1842 at 10 Government
Place (East Side), Calcutta. The
partnership was dissolved in
1842 and was succeeded by Lattey Brothers & Co at 10 Government Place.
The new partners were Robert John and Arthur Pittar Lattey (APL), and Joseph
Hayes. Dugald Campbell Lattey (DCL)
became a partner in 1850 when Joseph Hayes left the company.
Lattey Bros.
ceased
trading
in 1855 and was succeeded by Allan & Hayes, a partnership between DCL,
Joseph Hayes and a Mr Allan
operating from 10 Government Place, Calcutta.
This firm purchased the Lattey Bros
stock and continued the jewellery, silversmith and diamond
business. It became a limited
company in 1857 and went
bankrupt in 1864 mainly as a result of speculation in Cotton and the activities
as Merchants and Agents by a company formed in 1855 as Lattey, Callan & Co
with APL, DCL and Robert Thomas
Callan as partners. Lattey, Callan
& Co was formed to speculate with the profits
of Lattey Bros.
There
is also a further Lattey establishment listed as Joseph Senior Lattey & Co,
watchmakers, at
6 Tank Square, Calcutta, from 1841. JSL
(Jun) was in Calcutta from 1839 to 1840 at 5 Loudon's
Buildings and then 6 Tank Square until 1844.
RJL
was in Calcutta from 1830 until April 1853 when he returned to Europe on the
Madras. APL was
in Calcutta from 1838 until 1852
when he returned to Europe on the Hindostan.
(APL must have returned later
if he became a partner in Lattey, Callan & Co in 1855). DCL was in Calcutta
from 1843 and became MD of Allan &
Hayes from 1863 to 1864.
Thackers
Indian Directory for 1890 lists W A M Lattey (1866 - ?) as an Assistant at the
New Oriental Bank Corporation and the
Bengal Directory of 1881 lists D B Lattey (1854 - 1917) as an Assistant to
the Debra Dhoon Tea Co. at Debra Dhoon.
1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0
EARLY DATA 3.0 RECENT RESEARCH
5.0 LATTEY’S IN NEW
ZEALAND 6.0 LATTEY LOCATIONS 7.0 NAME INDEX