1898 INSURANCE - THAMES & MERSEY MARINE Co signed Robert C Antrobus (Cricketer)

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1898 Fine Insurance Policy, issued to Brown, Jenkinson & Co for insuring Captains Stores & Effects on board ship travelling between London, Middlesborough, Calcutta India. with two impressed Revenue stamps and signed by one of the Directors Robert C Antrobus, who was also a famous Cricketer.

Robert Crawfurd Antrobus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Antrobus
Personal information
Full name Robert Crawfurd Antrobus
Born 21 March 1830
London ,  England
Died 12 February 1911  (aged 80)
London ,  England
Batting style Unknown
Bowling style Unknown
Domestic team information
Years Team
1850 Gentlemen of England
1866 I Zingari
First-class debut 15 August 1850 Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent
Last First-class 8 August 1866  I Zingari  v Gentlemen of the South
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 17
Batting average 5.66
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 12
Balls   bowled 32
Wickets 2
Bowling average 10.00
5 wickets in  innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/10
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source:  CricketArchive , 11 October 2008

Robert Crawfurd Antrobus   (21 March 1830 – 12 February 1911) was an  English   businessman, politician and  cricketer . He was born in  London   and died in  Westminster .

Antrobus was the third son of  Sir Edmund Antrobus, 2nd Baronet   and Anne Lindsay.

He was a prominent businessman in the  City of London   and held directorships in the Economic Life Assurance Company, the Bibi-Eybat Petroleum Company, the Schibaieff Petroleum Company and the "Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company."

Antrobus made two first-class cricket appearances, sixteen years apart from each other. His first appearance came at the age of just 20 years old for Gentlemen of England, in 1850, batting in the tailend against Gentlemen of Kent. Antrobus hit his first-class best score of 12 in his debut innings, and 3* in the second innings of his debut. Moving slightly further up the order for his second and final first-class match, he played for  I Zingari , against a team which included, amongst others,  EM   and  WG Grace .

He married Emily Blackburne in 1873, with whom he had three children; Sybil Mary, Sir Phillip Humphrey, 6th Baronet, and Margaret Freda Evelyn.[1] [2]

In 1889 he was elected unopposed to the  London County Council   to represent  St George Hanover Square .  He was re-elected in 1892 and 1895. In 1898 he became an  alderman , remaining on the council until 1904.[7]   He also held the position of  Justice of the Peace   in both London and Middlesex.

  COLLECTING OLD & ANTIQUE INSURANCE POLICY'S

Collectables cover all types of items and all fields and one such field is Paper Ephemera collectables.

Paper Ephemera is divided into very many categories, from the most basic match boxes and vintage candy wrappers, Bill & Letterheads, Posters etc., to very respectable and sometimes exceedingly expensive antique documents, share certificates and paper money banknotes.

Collecting documents and financial papers, such as stock and share certificates, is called scripophily. Insurance policies fall into this category of antique financial documents.

History of insurance is as old as the human history, as the most basic steps we take to make provisions for the future are parts of an insurance plan. Western style institutionalised insurance in the form that we know it today started in the 17th century in Holland and in England – one of the main contributors to the development of the industry was the great fire of London in 1666. This is when proper fire and also marine insurance certificates and policies start to appear. There was a steady growth of insurance during the entire 18th century and the main insurance companies, which are still the biggest entities on the insurance market today, were established in the later part of the 18th century. The 19th century brought with it an Industrial Revolution which first spread in Europe and then throughout the world with the colonial powers. This was a major catalyst to the fast growth and development of insurance sector.

The three main insurance types were fire, life and marine insurance and each insurance underwriting and renewal of a policy was done on paper. The document was issued in two or three copies that were kept by all the parties involved in the contract. Early insurance policies were very elaborately designed legal documents. They bore watermarks and elaborate engravings of the company logos that in many cases occupy up to half of the document. Clerks meticulously wrote down in a copperplate scripts the terms of these policies and the underwriters signed and often was sealed the policies. This produced very attractive looking and unusual documents that were kept folded in the solicitors’ archives and in the archives of the insurance companies.

Collectors nowadays prize these old documents and they are eagerly sought after by enthusiasts who collect antique stocks, share certificates and financial ephemera. Particularly rare and elaborately designed antique insurance policies can fetch up to a few hundred pounds. They are very decorative, and even if not valuable, they make a very impressive office wall decoration when framed.

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  • Country: England
  • Era: 1851-1900
  • Document Type: Insurance Policy
  • Theme Type: Cricket
  • Famous Persons in History: Robert C Antrobus
  • English County: Middlesex
  • Town - Locality: London
  • REVENUE TYPE: Embossed Type

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