Letters to and from A. Bilbrough Esq and A. Bilbrough & Co Ltd, 1890-1954. Memoranda of agreements, 1884-1923. Certificates of registration and receipts for payments for shares in shipping companies, 1885-1929. Bills of lading and time charter forms, 1901-1954. Policy documents and correspondence regarding hull and cargo insurance (including war risk cover), 1914 - 1920. Financial reports and prospectuses for shipping companies, 1888-1920. Correspondence regarding MacGregor & King Ltd steel hatch covers and National Maritime Board agreements, 1933-1938. Correspondence with William A. Crump & Son solicitors regarding the pontoons MOORFOOT and BEDDINGTON, 1936. Invitation to tender booklet entitled 'Disposal of Government Owned and Chartered Tonnage', HMSO, 1946. Pritchard & Sons solicitors notices regarding life assurance, 1894.

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Administrative / biographical background
Arthur Bilbrough (1840-1925) was a shipowner and insurance broker who began his career as an apprentice with Pilkington & Wilson in Liverpool. His partnership in London was renamed A. Bilbrough & Co in 1879 and he was elected a member of Lloyd's in 1883. The firm gained significance in managing mutual shipping insurance schemes, including the Empire Insurance Club and Empire Steamship War Risks Assurance Association. In 1890 it took over management of the mutual protection and indemnity associations that had been established by Sir George E. Hodgkinson & Son. These later became The London Steam Ship Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd, now known as The London P&I Club.