Addis, Sir Charles Stewart (1861–1945), banker and government adviser, was born on 23 November 1861 in Edinburgh, the youngest of twelve children of the Revd Thomas Addis (1813–1899), a Free Church of Scotland minister, and his wife, Robina, daughter of a tea merchant in ...
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Addis, Sir Charles Stewart (1861–1945), banker and government adviser
Roberta Allbert Dayer
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Alexander [née Barber], Ann (1774/5–1861), banker and bill broker
Gordon Fletcher
Alexander [née Barber], Ann (1774/5–1861), banker and bill broker, was born in Eckington, Derbyshire, the daughter of William and Mary Barber. Little is known about her life until the point when, while working in a Quaker milliner's in the City of London...
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Alexander, George William (1802–1890), banker and philanthropist
Gordon Fletcher
Alexander, George William (1802–1890), banker and philanthropist, was born on 25 April 1802 in Bunhill Row, London, the first of nine children, eight of whom survived to maturity, of William Alexander (1769–1819), bill broker, and his wife, Ann Alexander, née Barber (1774/5–1861), of ...
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Ames, Jeremiah (1706–1776), banker and merchant
Iain S. Black
Ames, Jeremiah (1706–1776), banker and merchant, was born on 20 July 1706 at Evercreech, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, one of eight children of Levi Ames (d. 1726), grocer, and his first wife, Hannah (d. 1711), daughter of John Watts of Doulting, Somerset...
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Armstrong, William, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980), civil servant and banker
Kevin Theakston
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)
Maker: Arnold Newman
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William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980) by Arnold Newman, 1978 Arnold Newman / Getty Images; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Arthur, Sir Daniel (1620s?–1705), banker
Priscilla O'Connor
Arthur, Sir Daniel (1620s
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Backhouse, Jonathan (1779–1842), banker and financier
M. W. Kirby
Backhouse, Jonathan (1779–1842), banker and financier, was born in Darlington, co. Durham, the eldest son of Jonathan Backhouse (1747–1826), banker, and his wife, Ann (d. 1826), the second daughter of Edward Pease of Darlington. Jonathan senior was the eldest of three sons of ...
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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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Backwell, Edward (c. 1619–1683)
Maker: unknown engraver
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Edward Backwell (c. 1619–1683) by unknown engraver, pubd 1797 © Copyright The British Museum
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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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Barclay, David (1729–1809)
Maker: Houghton
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David Barclay (1729–1809) by Houghton © National Portrait Gallery, London
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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, Alexander, first Baron Ashburton (1773–1848)
Maker: Sir Thomas Lawrence
Alexander Baring, first Baron Ashburton (1773–1848) by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1810 ING Bank, NV, London Branch
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Baring, (George) Rowland Stanley, third earl of Cromer (1918–1991), banker and diplomatist
John Orbell
Baring, (George) Rowland Stanley, third earl of Cromer (1918–1991), banker and diplomatist, was born on 28 July 1918, the only son and youngest of three children of Rowland Thomas Baring, second earl of Cromer (1877–1953), courtier, and his wife, Lady Ruby Florence Mary (1886–1961)...
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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 ...
