King Sturge
Jacob and Mary Sturge's elder son, Young Sturge, born 1781, left his father's country practice in 1799, having agreed to take over the land measuring and planning aspects of the business, and set up an office in Small Street, Bristol, The rise of Bristol was partly due to the slave trade, but the city was the first to set up an abolition committee in 1788.In 1976 Philip Franklin (senior partner of JP Sturge) who had joined the firm in 1938 aged 17 and returned from war service in 1947 became President of the RICS.[1] In 1920, with his war pension and a small government gratuity, Herbert James King set up business in Winchmore Hill, North London.In 1925 King & Co, recognising the potential in commercial property, moved to Clement's Inn, Strand, adjoining the Law Courts.Richard Batten joined in 1982 after a commission in the army and headed the professional services group, having expertise in the banking and corporate finance sectors.31965[STG]),[3] as well as maps, surveys, deeds, particulars of sale, land stewards' reports, accounts and papers of the company dated between 1672 and 1918 (Ref.