English Merchants. Memoirs in illustration of the progress of British commerce

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Author(s) Bourne, H R Fox
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1886
Pages 2nd ed; 492pp; illus
Publisher Chatto & Windus
Place Published London

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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An early work, first published 1866. Has chapters, inter alia, on individual merchants and bankers including De La Pole of Hull; Richard Whittington of London; Canynge of Bristol; Thorne of Bristol; Gresham of London; Hawkins of Plymouth; George Heriot of Edinburgh; Humphrey Chetham of Manchester; Edward Colston of Bristol; John Barnard of London; Coutts of London; John Gladstone of Liverpool; William Brown of Liverpool; Gurney of London; Baring of London; Rothschild of London; etc