Augustus Henry Novelli was a London-based physician who graduated Cambridge University in 1845.^[1] He lived for a time at Sydenham Hill.^[2] He went on to become involved in the Consolidated Bank Limited,^[3] and eventually one of its directors.^[4] He was in 1870 a plaintiff in Smith & Novelli v Lay, a suit filed in Court of Chancery, over finance to the Meiji government of Imperial Japan.^[5][6][7]

Novelli partnered until 1 January 1856 with Charles Hardy Bowker, Francis Koenig and George Dunner as General Commission Merchants.^[8]

Novelli was named on 18 October 1860 by the Lord Lieutenant of the Welsh County of Cardigan, Edward Pryse, as his deputy.^[9]

As one of the directors of the Consolidated Bank, Novelli was involved in its June 1866 bankruptcy.^[10]

Novelli was in October 1867 named a liquidator of the Cachar Company. ^[11]

Novelli was partnered with Francis Koenig, Charles Hardy Bowker and Heinrich Wrens until 31 December 1885 as Novelli & Co., General Merchants.^[12][13]

Novelli was a member of the Royal College of Physicians, listed in the 1854, 1860, 1866 and 1883 directories.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Augustus Henry Novelli died in 1887.^[18]

Legacy

Novelli's wife was Sarah Helena; they had at least one child, Philip Charles,^[19] who graduated Trinity College, Cambridge in 1880,^[20] passed the Intermediate bar examination on 19 January 1882,^[21] and was made a Grand Steward of the Freemasons on 24 April 1889 under Pro Grand Master Earl of Carnarvon and his Deputy, the Earl of Lathom.^[22] Philip Charles would go on to be influential in the affairs of the St. Lawrence Lumber Company,^[23] before passing in 1905.^[18]

In pursuance of section 142 of the Companies Act 1862, a General Meeting of the Members of Novelli and Company was held at the offices of the W. Bolton Liquidator, 13 Spring-gardens Manchester, on 28 March 1894 at three o'clock in the afternoon, to have the account laid of the bankruptcy, disposal and winding up of the firm.^[24] The bankruptcy affected, amongst others, the St. Lawrence Lumber Company, which collapsed as a result.

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