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In
1964 the business of Thomas C Wild & Sons Ltd was taken over by
Person & Son Ltd and merged into their Lawley Group / Allied
English Potteries Ltd. Although Wild and the other member companies
continued to trade under their own names.
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Thomas
C Wild had from 1905 used the name 'Royal Albert Crown China' as
part of their branding. The name Royal Albert was registered in
1906.
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In
1962 Harold Holdcroft, the Art Director at Thomas C Wild & Sons
designed the Old Country Roses pattern, which was to become one of
the worlds best known and most popular patterns.
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Through
earlier deaths and resignations 1969 saw the end of the the Wild
family involvement in Thomas C. Wild & Sons Ltd.
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In
1970 Allied English Potteries changed the name of their subsidiary
Thomas C. Wild & Sons Ltd to Royal Albert Ltd.
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In
1972 Royal Albert Ltd became a subsidiary of Royal Doulton Tableware Ltd following the amalgamation of the Royal Doulton and Allied English Potteries Ltd businesses.
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1998
saw the closure of the historic St Mary’s Works and transfer of the production of Royal Albert China to other Doulton factories
including their manufacturing plant in Indonesia.
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Between 1972 and 2002, as a Royal Doulton company, Royal Albert Ltd continued to manufacture the traditional fine bone china tableware and teawares made by its famous
predecessor Thomas C Wild &
Sons Ltd. Harold Holdcroft's Old Country Roses, introduced in 1962, remained the flagship of the Royal Albert brand.
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From
December 2002 all UK production of 'Royal Albert' ware had
ceased. The production of ware with the Royal Albert brand name
continued.
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2005
Waterford Wedgwood completed a takeover of Royal Doulton and the
Royal Albert brand was continued at Wedwood factories
overseas.
