Armstrong, William, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980), civil servant and banker, was born in the Salvation Mothers' Home, Mare Street, Clapton, London, on 3 March 1915, the elder son of William Armstrong, of Stirling, and his wife, Priscilla Hopkins. Both his parents were ...
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Armstrong, William, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980), civil servant and banker
Kevin Theakston
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Backwell, Edward (c. 1619–1683), goldsmith and banker
G. E. Aylmer
Backwell, Edward (c. 1619–1683), goldsmith and banker, the son of Barnaby Backwell of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, a yeoman, was apprenticed in 1635 to Thomas Vyner, a leading goldsmith. He became free of the Goldsmiths' Company in 1651, of which he was to be prime warden in 1660....
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Barclay, David (1729–1809), banker and brewer
Jacob M. Price
revised by Leslie Hannah
Barclay, David (1729–1809), banker and brewer, was the younger son of David Barclay (1682–1769), Quaker merchant, and his second wife, Priscilla, daughter of John Freame, banker, of Lombard Street. David and his brother John became partners in their father's linen and merchant house in ...
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Baring, Alexander, first Baron Ashburton (1773–1848), merchant and banker
John Orbell
Baring, Alexander, first Baron Ashburton (1773–1848), merchant and banker, was born on 27 October 1773 (the frequently cited date of 1784 is incorrect) in Mincing Lane, London, the second child of the six sons and six daughters of Sir Francis Baring (1740–1810), merchant and banker, and his wife, ...
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Baring, Thomas (1799–1873), banker and politician
John Orbell
Baring, Thomas (1799–1873), banker and politician, was born on 7 September 1799 at Lee, near Lewisham, Kent, the second of the four sons and five daughters of Sir Thomas Baring (1772–1848), landowner, and his wife, Mary Ursula Sealy, daughter of Charles Sealy, a barrister at ...
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Bates, Joshua (1788–1864), merchant and banker
John Orbell
Bates, Joshua (1788–1864), merchant and banker, was born on 10 October 1788 at Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States, the youngest of three children and only son of Colonel Joshua Bates (d. 1804), a leading local businessman, and his wife, Tirzah, née Pratt. He was educated at public schools and by the ...
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Blair, Sir James Hunter, first baronet (1741–1787), banker
John Booker
Blair, Sir James Hunter, first baronet (1741–1787), banker, was born James Hunter on 26 February 1741 at Ayr, the second of three sons of John Hunter (d. c.1762), a wealthy merchant and probably banker of Mainholm, later of Brownhill, both in ...
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Bonn, Leopold Bernhard (1850–1929), banker and philanthropist
Anne Pimlott Baker
Bonn, Leopold Bernhard (1850–1929), banker and philanthropist, was born on 3 August 1850 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the ninth child of Baruch Bonn, a prominent Jewish banker. He was privately educated. After the annexation of Frankfurt by Prussia in 1866, Bonn applied for denaturalization and moved to ...
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Catto, Thomas Sivewright, first Baron Catto (1879–1959), merchant and banker
E. H. H. Green
Catto, Thomas Sivewright, first Baron Catto (1879–1959), merchant and banker, was born at Newcastle upon Tyne on 15 March 1879, the fifth son and seventh child of William Catto (1835–1885), shipwright, of Peterhead, and his wife, Isabella, daughter of William Yule, sea captain. His father had moved to ...
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Child, Sir Francis, the elder (1641/2–1713), goldsmith and banker
Philip Winterbottom
Child, Sir Francis, the elder (1641/2–1713), goldsmith and banker, was baptized on 14 December 1642, the sixth son of Robert Child, clothier of Heddington, near Devizes, Wiltshire, and his wife, Jane. He had eight brothers and two sisters. On 6 March 1657 Child...
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Children, George (bap. 1742, d. 1818), banker
Sophie Forgan
Children, George (bap. 1742, d. 1818), banker, was baptized on 2 January 1742 at Leigh, Kent, the son of John Children (d. 1772) of Leigh, Kent, and his wife, Jane, daughter of Robert Weller of Tonbridge, Kent. Nothing is known of his early education, but he was admitted while still a child to the ...
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Clodd, Edward (1840–1930), banker and popular anthropologist
E. S. P. Haynes
revised by J. F. M. Clark
Clodd, Edward (1840–1930), banker and popular anthropologist, was born at Queen Street, Margate, Kent, on 1 July 1840, the eldest child of Edward Clodd and his wife, Susan Parker. Of his six brothers and sisters four died in infancy and two did not survive childhood. His father was a ...
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Coutts, Thomas (1735–1822), banker
Edna Healey
Coutts, Thomas (1735–1822), banker, was born on 7 September 1735 in Edinburgh, the fourth son of John Coutts (1699–1750), merchant and banker, and his wife, Jean Stuart (d. 1736). Coutts was educated at Edinburgh high school, during the period of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. His father was on the town council from 1730, served as lord provost from 1742 to 1744, and was closely involved in the siege of ...
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Drummond, Henry (c. 1730–1795), banker
Philip Winterbottom
Drummond, Henry (c. 1730–1795), banker, was born about 1730, the son of William Drummond, fourth viscount of Strathallan (1690–1746), and his wife, Margaret (1692–1773), the daughter of Lord William Murray, later Lord Nairne. He was one of at least thirteen children. In 1744, with his brother ...
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Duncan, Henry (1774–1846), Church of Scotland minister and savings bank founder
Rosemary Mitchell
Duncan, Henry (1774–1846), Church of Scotland minister and savings bank founder, was born at Lochrutton, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 8 October 1774, the third son of the minister George Duncan (1738–1807) and his first wife, Anne M'Murdo (d. 1824). He was educated at Dumfries Academy...
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Fowler, Sir Robert Nicholas, first baronet (1828–1891), banker and politician
H. L. Malchow
Fowler, Sir Robert Nicholas, first baronet (1828–1891), banker and politician, was born at Bruce Grove, Tottenham, Middlesex, on 12 September 1828, the only child of Thomas Fowler (d. 1851) and his wife, Lucy Waterhouse. His father, a well-connected member of the Society of Friends...
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Glyn, George Grenfell, second Baron Wolverton (1824–1887), politician and banker
L. C. Sanders
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Glyn, George Grenfell, second Baron Wolverton (1824–1887), politician and banker, was born in London on 10 February 1824, the eldest son of George Carr Glyn. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 26 May 1842. On coming of age he became a partner in the metropolitan banking firm of ...
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Glyn, Sir Richard, first baronet (bap. 1711, d. 1773), drysalter and banker
Alison Turton
Glyn, Sir Richard, first baronet (bap. 1711, d. 1773), drysalter and banker, was baptized on 13 June 1711 at the church of St Andrew, Holborn, London, the second son of Robert Glyn (1673–1746), an oilman and drysalter of Hatton Garden, London, and his wife, ...
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Glyn, Sir Richard Carr, first baronet (1755–1838), banker
Michael Reed
Glyn, Sir Richard Carr, first baronet (1755–1838), banker, was born in London on 2 February 1755; he was the eldest son of Sir Richard Glyn, first baronet (bap. 1711, d. 1773), banker, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Robert Carr...
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Goodman, John Dent (1816–1900), businessman and banker
David J. Williams
Goodman, John Dent (1816–1900), businessman and banker, was born in Peterborough on 15 April 1816, the son and the first of four children of Thomas Goodman (1792–1874), grocer, of Peterborough, and Mary Dent of Lincoln. He was a pupil at Peterborough grammar school...
