The Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company was a 19th-century company set up to develop the central area of the

Isle of Dogs The Isle of Dogs is a large peninsula bounded on three sides by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England, which includes the Cubitt Town, Millwall and Canary Wharf districts. The area was historically part of the Manor, Ham ...

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. Originally called the Millwall Canal, Wharfs and Graving Docks Company, the Act for the incorporation of the company received

royal assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in other ...

on 25 July 1864. The plans that led to the foundation of the Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company were first devised by

Nathaniel Fenner Nathaniel John Fenner was an oil merchant who owned a wharf in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, London in the nineteenth century. Along with Robert Fairlie he came up with idea of developing the Millwall Docks. He first asked Fairlie to draw up a plan ...

and

Robert Fairlie Robert Francis Fairlie (either March 1831 or 5 April 1830, in Glasgow – 31 July 1885, in London) was a Scottish-born railway engineer. Early life Fairlie was born in Glasgow, the son of T. Archibald Fairlie (an engineer) and Margaret Fairlie ...

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{{reflist London docks History of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1864 establishments in England