Founder Profile
John Adams
Last reviewed: January 1970 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is John Adams?
John Adams is a founder of Legal & General, which was founded in 1836 with Six Chancery Lane Legal Reformers.
- Company founded
- Legal & General
- Founded
- 1836
- Co-founders
- Six Chancery Lane Legal Reformers
Founding Story
John Adams was a distinguished English barrister and Serjeant-at-Law who led the meeting of six lawyers in a Chancery Lane coffee house in June 1836 to draft the deed of settlement for Legal & General.
Sources
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- Legal & General Group plc Annual Report and Accounts (Fiscal 2024) (Legal & General)
- Legal & General Heritage Archive: 1836 to Present (Legal & General)