The three brothers, George Hyatt (1849), Arthur Hyatt (1853) and William Hyatt (1857), of
whom Arthur was my Great Grandfather, managed to split the business between them and then 
it seems they operated independently on each side of the family. This was in motion by 1870. 

Arthur Hyatt had control of:

	"A. Hyatt, Rainbow Mills, 181, Kingsland Road, London, NE ; Wholesale
	Trimming Manufacturers, Makers of Umbrella Tassels, Silk Ornaments for
	Dresses and Mantles, Muff Tassels and Silk Ornament for Furs. Trimmings,
	&C"...

George Hyatt had control of:

	Hyatt Brothers, Fancy Trimming and Tassel Manufacturers, 6 Hoxton
	Square, Shoreditch in the county of Middlesex.

William Hyatt was a sickly man and simply worked for the company. He
died leaving just £675,9/6d in his will (although in today's terms it
was worth about £49,400).

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George's half of the business was soon bankrupted in 1875, leaving his son George continuing 
to trade for a while before going bankrupt himself. This left only a shadow of the previously 
large & prosperous company in the control of my Great Grandfather, Arthur Hyatt.

It looks like George got most of the property and family houses protected as he bequeaths 
literally millions of pounds worth of property to his side of the family in his will. He was 
a High Freemason and a Guildsman, and his Wife Selina was listed as the sole owner of the dozen
or so properties. This was definitely not "our" side of the family, as all that came to 
Great Grandfather Arthur seems to be 6 Hoxton Square.

Before he died, Arthur is quoted here:

	Great Britain, The Tariff Commission - 1905:
	A. Hyatt, Rainbow Mills: "The foreigners all produce cheaper than we do,
	and only a 40 per cent duty will have any effect in saving our trade
	from utter ruin. ..."

Arthur seems to have struggled on with his part of the trimming company and that was all that 
was left for his grandson, my father.


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Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between the undersigned, 
George Hyatt and George Hyatt the younger, as Fancy Trimming Manufacturers at no. 6 Hoxton 
Square in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch in the county of Middlesex, was this day 
dissolved by mutual consent. The said George Hyatt will continue to carry on business at 
6, Hoxton square, and all the creditors of said firm are to be paid, and by mutual consent 
all responsibilities of the said firm will be discharged. George Hyatt and George Hyatt junior. 

The London Gazette Issue 24278 published on the 24 December 1875.

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The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In the London Bankruptcy Court. 
In the Matter of Proceedings for Liquidation by Arrangement or Composition with Creditors, 
instituted by George Hyatt, the younger, of No. 11, the Grove, Hackney, in the county of 
Middlesex, trading as Hyatt Brothers, Tassel Manufacturer. NOTICE is hereby given, that a 
First General Meeting of the creditors of the above-named person has been summoned to be held 
at the office of Mr. Jabez Podgus, Accountant, 6, Warwick-court, Holborn, in the county of 
Middlesex, on the 22nd day of June, 1878, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely. 
Dated this 7th day of June, 1878. 
YARDE and LOADER, 1, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn, Middlesex,
Solicitors for the said George Hyatt Junior. 

The London Gazette Issue 24591 published on the 11 June 1878.