Barbon, Nicholas

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  • Financial services Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
  • Construction Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
  • Property activities Residential property development & management

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Dr Nicholas Barbon, c1640-c1698, was a leading London property developer / speculator who prospered in the building boom following the Fire of London. Was especially active in developing the area between the City of London and Westminster. As such he developed great wealth but also a scurrilous reputation. Was a pioneer of insurance, with others promoting the Insurance Office for Houses in c1680 [2023]

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