Tagged : industrial enterprise

Huguenots and the World of Finance: Part Two

02 May, 2022 by Huguenot Society
In part two of her overview of Huguenots in Finance, Joyce Hampton follows the Huguenot Portal family from their rise to fame as papermakers to the Bank of England in the 18th century, to the current evolution of Portals International as suppliers of high security paper to organisations worldwide...

Three Mills Island, Bromley-by-Bow, a Huguenot industrial enterprise

13 Oct, 2021 by Huguenot Society
This post by Huguenot Society Activities Chairman Tony Wilson looks at a lesser-known example of Huguenot heritage in these islands - the surviving examples of Huguenot industrial enterprise in the south of England; in particular the Three Mills site in east London, a popular tourist attraction....