Bank of Scotland, 1695-1995. A very singular institution
Details:
- Author(s) Cameron, Alan
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1995
- Pages 264pp; illus
- Publisher Mainstream Publishing
- Place Published Edinburgh
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly narrative history written by the bank's Archivist. Appendices include schedule governors, deputy governors, etc; balance sheet figures, 1697-1994. Chapters include: 'Foundation of the Bank of Scotland'; 'The early years, 1695-1707'; 'The Act of Union and after, 1707-50'; 'Two cities, two bankers'; 'From Ayr Bank to Waterloo, 1775-1815'; 'Bank notes and forgeries, 1780-1815'; Wider horizons and domestic problems, 1850-95'; 'The Union Bank of Scotland, 1843-1914'; 'Edwardians and the First World War, 1895-1918'; 'Between the wars, 1918-45'; 'Bank of Scotland, 1945-58'; 'Change and new horizons, 1958-70'; 'Amalgamation and oil - the 1970s'