Spalding & Hodge was a London based manufacturing stationer and paper merchant founded on 23 November 1789 by Thomas Spalding and John Hodge. Initially operating from The Strand they moved to Drury Lane in 1797. In 1904 they moved to new purpose built premises at Drury House in Russell Street. The company remained in business until after the Second World War when it was eventually sold.
In the nineteenth century the company had the largest share of the British book paper market.
Board members Spalding & Hodge Board members: +NameBirthDeathCommentThomas Spalding 17621819FounderJohn HodgeThomas Spalding18051887Samuel Spalding18081843John Hodge18121901Henry Benjamin Spalding18171908Samuel Spalding18331887John Howard Spalding18491916Board member c1906 William F Hodge18471904Walter Spalding18551937Board member c1906, Retired 1937Sydney Thomas Spalding18581937ChairmanEdward Stanton Spalding18631954Retired 1921Henry Shirley BluntRetired 1921Harold BayleyBoard member c1906Cuthbert Guy Spalding18831966Sydney Leonard Spalding18861964Board member c1906
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External links A substantial quantity of papers of this company are held by the London Metropolitan Archive: [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/a640745c-312b-406d-a71d-9c59e17e1c1b] 125th anniversary brochure 150th anniversary brochure