ª Great Britain: John Barker & Company Limited, 6% ...

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£20 - £25

ª Great Britain: John Barker & Company Limited, 6% Cumulative Preference shares, 19[59], #10682, signed as director by Hugh Fraser Jnr., black, pink paper, ink cancelled. Owned the Department store Barkers of Kensington. Sir Hugh Fraser, son of 1st Baronet Fraser, was a director of tis and the House of Fraser Group which also controlled Harrods. He was made a director at only 21. On his fathers death in 1966 he took over as Chairman but subsequently lost most of the family's wealth with the group facing serious financial problems. VF.