Eastern Telegraph Company
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| foundation = 1872
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The Eastern Telegraph Company was founded in 1872. Its founding chairman was by John Pender, with Sir James Anderson filling the role of Managing Director.{{cite web |title=Records created and used by the Eastern Telegraph Company - Archives Hub |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/a03045cb-389f-356c-a400-3e2b56280249 |website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk |publisher=JISC |access-date=4 June 2023}} It was to become the largest cable operating company in the world.{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Bill |title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Cable & Wireless |url=https://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/CandW/Eastern/index.htm |website=atlantic-cable.com |publisher=Bill Burns |access-date=21 May 2023}}
The company was formed out of several smaller telegraph companies:{{cite web |last1=Linge |first1=Nigel |title=Eastern Telegraph Company |url=https://www.engagingwithcommunications.com/events/Walking_tour/add_info/eastern_telegraph_company.html |website=www.engagingwithcommunications.com |publisher=University of Salford |access-date=21 May 2023}}{{cite journal |last1=Noakes |first1=Richard |title=Industrial research at the Eastern Telegraph Company, 1872–1929 |journal=British Journal for the History of Science |date=1 March 2014 |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=119–146 |doi=10.1017/S0007087413000174 |pmid=25977587 |pmc=4427866 |issn=0007-0874}}
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The company is now a dormant subsidiary of Cable & Wireless Communications, part of Liberty Latin America.https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00006338/filing-history