Bank. Founded as the John and Francis Baring Company. Despite surviving the Great Depression and two world wars, it was brought down due to unauthorized trading by its head derivatives trader Nick Leeson.
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Baring Bros & Co Ltd
London Borough of Lewisham Sir Francis Baring, Bart, MP, 1740-1810, merchant ...
This Ruislip website refers to a lost S&P war memorial and gives some historical information, stating "They were well-known wine merchants and railway caterers as well as owning their own resta...
See Burtons. The picture shows, left to right: Arnold, Barbara, Stanley, Raymond.
Chairman of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society in 1900.
From Tottenham Quakers "In 1798 Priscilla Wakefield founded the first "frugality bank" in England. This she founded at Ship Inn Yard in Tottenham. It was intended to help people on lower incomes t...
Born London. Died Cheltenham. Designed the British Museum and Covent Garden Theatre, amongst other buildings.
We could find no information about Helena Fedorowicz. The memorial says that she fought for her family, the Woodstock Road Association and the Polish people. We guessed that she lived in Woodstock ...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.
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