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 ...
Manufacturers of paint pigments, and chemicals, like white lead, saltpetre and oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid). Established in the 18th century, probably by Samuel Brandram (c.1743 -1808) who is pi...
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.
Founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Birmingham. Expanded to become the London City and Midland Bank in 1891, and Midland Bank Ltd in 1923. In 1992, it was taken over by HSBC who had phase...
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was Assistant Secretary to a building committee in 1900 and Secretary in June 1912.
Spent most of his life in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, where he was born (in the vicarage) and died (at home,The Chantry). First doctor to study smallpox vaccine. Trained with John Hunter at St Georg...
Architect active in 1877. We can find no information about him, which is unusual for architects.
Boxer. His last fight (for the vacant super bantamweight title) was stopped in the tenth round, after he received a heavy left hook. He was checked by a doctor, but later collapsed at home. He slip...
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