Our History

1820s

1821

Alexander Guthrie established Guthrie & Co in Singapore as one of the first British trading houses in South East Asia.

1840s

1844

Daniel and Smith Harrison and Joseph Crosfield formed a tea and coffee trading partnership called Harrisons & Crosfield in Liverpool, England.

1860s

1860

Harrisons & Crosfield becomes the third largest tea trader with sales of between 2.5 and 2.75 million lbs.

1867

Guthrie & Co diversifies into the insurance and banking industry and invests in steamship companies.

1890s

1895

Harrisons & Crosfield establishes the first eastern branch, Lampard, Crosfield & Co, in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), marking their entry into the plantation ownership business.

1896

Guthrie & Co accepted agencies for coffee estates in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan which were experimentally planted with rubber.

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