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directors from the bank's foundation in 1694: *

John Houblon Sir John Houblon (13 March 1632 – 10 January 1712) was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697. Early life John Houblon was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jea ...

(1694–1699, 1700–1712) (First Governor 1694–1697) *

William Scawen William Scawen (1600–1689) was one of the pioneers in the revival of the Cornish language. He was a politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Life Scawen was the son of Robe ...

(1694–1696) (1699–1722) (Governor 1697–1699) * Nathaniel Tench (1694–?) (Governor 1699–1701) * John Ward, MP (1694–97, 1698–99, 1703–1726) (Governor 1701–1703) * Abraham Houblon (1694–?) (Governor 1703–1705) *

James Bateman James Bateman may refer to: *James Bateman (horticulturist) (1811–1897), British landowner and horticulturist *James Bateman (artist) (1893–1959), English painter of rural scenes *James Bateman (MP), MP for Carlisle *James Bateman (banker) (c. 1 ...

(1694–1697, 1698–1699, 1700–1703 and 1707–1711) (Governor 1705–1707) * Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet (1694–1702, 1704–1725 and 1726–1733) (Governor 1709–1711 and 1723–1725) * William Paterson (1694–95) *

James Houblon Sir James Houblon (1629 – ''circa'' 26 October 1700) was an influential merchant and Member of Parliament for the City of London. James was baptised at St Mary Woolchurch Haw Church in London on 26 July 1629, the second son of James Houblon ...

(1694–?) (died c.1700) *

Henry Furnese Henry Furnese (after 1688 – 30 August 1756), of Gunnersbury House, Middlesex, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1720 and 1756. Furnese was the only son of George Furnese, an East India Company facto ...

(1694–97 and 1699–1700 and 1700–1702) *Samuel Lethieullier (1694–?) *

Theodore Janssen Sir Theodore Janssen of Wimbledon, 1st Baronet (1650s, Angoulême, France – 22 September 1748, Wimbledon, London) was a French-born English financier and member of parliament who, after a long and successful career in commerce, was ruined and d ...

(1694–1719) *John Lordell (1694–?) *James Denew (1694–1702) *Brook Bridges (1694–?) *George Boddington (1694–} *Obadiah Sedgwick (1694–?) * Edward Clarke (1694–?) *Robert Raworth (1694–?) *Thomas Goddard (1694–1700) *John Smith (of Beaufort Buildings) (1694–?) * William Gore (1694–97, 1698–99 and 1701–1706) *

Thomas Abney Sir Thomas Abney (January 1640 – 6 February 1722) was a merchant and banker who served as Lord Mayor of London for the year 1700 to 1701. Abney was the son of James Abney and was born in Willesley, then in Derbyshire but now in Leicestershire ...

(1694–1700, 1703–1705, 1706–1709, 1710–1714, 1715–1718, 1719–1722) * William Hedges (1694–1700) * John Huband, Bt (1694–?) * Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet (1697–1703, 1704–05 and 1709–1715) (Governor 1707–1709) * William Ashurst (1697–1700, 1701–1703, 1704–1706, 1707–1709, 1711–1714) *Samuel Bulteel (1697–1708) *Charles Chamberlan (1697–98 and 1703–1705) * Peter Delmé (1698–1703, 1709–13 and 1717–1728) (Governor 1715–1717) *Richard Levett (1698–1700) *

John Rudge John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(1699–1711) (Governor 1713–1715) *Charles Thorold (1699–?) *William Des Bouverie (1700–?) * Gerard Conyers (1702–04, 1705–07, 1708–10, 1711–1715 and 1719–1737) (Governor 1717–1719) * Robert Clayton (1702–1707) *

Thomas Scawen Sir Thomas Scawen (c. 1650 – 22 September 1730) was a British merchant, financier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1722. He was Governor of the Bank of England from 1721 to 1723. Early life Scawen was a yo ...

(1705–08, 1709–10, 1711–14, 1715–19, 1723–26 and 1727–1729) {Governor 1721–1722) *

Charles Peers Sir Charles Peers (1661 – 29 January 1737) was a British businessman who became the Chairman of the East India Company in 1714 and Lord Mayor of London in 1715. He had previously served as one of the Sheriffs of the City of London in 1708–170 ...

(1705–07 and 1708–1712) *John Emilie (1708–?) * Richard Du Cane (1710–1730) * George Thorold (1711–16 and 1717–1721) *Christopher Lethieullier (1712–? and 1720–?) * Randolph Knipe (1712–16, 1717–20, 1721–24 and 1725–1728) *Richard Houblon (1713–?) * Robert Bristow (1713–1716) (1718–1720) * John Eyles, 2nd Baronet (1715–1717) * Humphry Morice (1716– and –1725) (Governor 1727–1729) *John Francis Fauquier (1716–?) * Joseph Eyles (1717–21 and 1730–1733) * John Hanger (Governor 1719–1721) * William Humfreys (1719–21, 1722–25, 1726–27 and 1728–1730) * Samuel Holden (1720–27 and 1731–1740) (Governor 1729–1731) * Horatio Townshend (1722–1725) (Governor 1733–1735) * Delillers Carbonnel (1722–?) (Governor 1740–1741) *

Edward Bellamy Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850 – May 22, 1898) was an American author, journalist, and political activist most famous for his utopian novel ''Looking Backward''. Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of numerou ...

(1723–26, 1727–29 and 1733–1749) (Governor 1731–1733) *

Nathaniel Gould Nathaniel Gould (21 December 1857 – 25 July 1919), commonly known as Nat Gould, was a British novelist. History Gould was born at Manchester, Lancashire, the only surviving child of Nathaniel Gould, a tea merchant, and his wife Mary, ''née' ...

(1725–?) (Governor 1711–1713) * William Thompson (Governor 1725–1727) * Bryan Benson (–1731 and 1737–?) (Governor 1735–1737) *John Olmius (1723–1731) * Francis Forbes (1724–1727) * Thomas Cooke (1725–?) (Governor 1737–1740) * William Jolliffe (1725–? and 1737–?) *Francis Porten (1726–1728) *James Gaultier (1728–1748) * Stamp Brooksbank (1728–40 and 1743–1755) (Governor 1741–1743) *Robert Alsop (1731–34 and 1735–1737) * William Fawkener (Governor 1743–1745) *Benjamin Lethieullier (1734–? and 1737–? and –1760) * Benjamin Longuet (1734–37 and 1738–?) (Governor 1747–1749) * Charles Savage (Governor 1745–1747) * John Thompson (1734–37, 1738–42, 1743–45 and 1746–1749) (Lord Mayor of London, 1736) *Robert Thornton (–1737 and 1738–?) * William Hunt (Governor 1749–1752) * Alexander Sheafe (1737–? and 1744–?) (Governor 1752–1754) *Matthew Raper (1737–?) *John Lequesne (1738–1741) * Claude Fonnereau (1739–1740) * Merrick Burrell (1742–1756 and 1760–1787) (Governor 1758–1760) * Matthews Beachcroft (1744–?) (Governor 1756–1758) *Thomas Winterbottom (1749–1752) * Samuel Fludyer, 1st Baronet (1753–55, 1756–58, 1759–62, 1763–1768) *Peter Du Cane (1755–1783) * Mr Thomas Plumer, Esquire (1755 - 1775), father of Right-Hon. Thomas Plumer *Thomas Chitty (1755–57 and 1758–1761) * Bartholomew Burton (Governor 1760–1762) * Robert Marsh (Governor 1762–1764) *

John Weyland John Weyland (1774–1854) was an English writer on the poor laws and Member of Parliament. Life Born on 4 December 1774, he was the eldest son of John Weyland (1744–1825) of Woodrising in Norfolk and Woodeaton in Oxfordshire, by his wife E ...

(Governor (1764–1766) *Benjamin Hopkins (1765–1767, 1768–1771, 1772–1775, 1776–1779) * Lyde Browne (? - 1787) *

Gustavus Brander Gustavus Brander FRS (172021 January 1787), an English naturalist who came from a Swedish family, was born in London in 1720. He was brought up as a merchant, in which capacity he achieved success and became a director of the Bank of England. H ...

* Matthew Clarmont (Governor 1766–1769) *

William Cooper William Cooper may refer to: Business *William Cooper (accountant) (1826–1871), founder of Cooper Brothers * William Cooper (businessman) (1761–1840), Canadian businessman *William Cooper (co-operator) (1822–1868), English co-operator * Will ...

(Governor 1769–1771) * Edward Payne (Governor 1771–1773) * James Sperling (Governor 1773–1775) * Samuel Beachcroft (Governor 1775–1777) * Peter Gaussen (1771–?) (Governor 1777–1779) * Martyn Fonnereau (1771–1783) * Samuel Bosanquet (1771–89 and 1793–1806) (Governor 1791–1793) * Samuel Thornton (1780–?) (Governor 1799–1801) * Brook Watson, 1st Baronet (1784–1786, 1787–1789, 1790–1793, 1796–1798, 1799–1801, 1802–1804, 1805–1807) *

John Harrison John Harrison ( – 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea. Harrison's solution revo ...

(1785–1794) *

Peter Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham Peter Isaac Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham (13 October 1761 – 16 September 1808), was a British merchant, banker and politician. Thelluson was the eldest son of Peter Thellusson, a wealthy London merchant who had emigrated to Britain from F ...

(1787–1806) *

Edward Simeon The Simeon Monument, also known as the Soane Obelisk, the Soane Monument and the Simeon Obelisk, is a stone structure in Market Place, the former site of the market in Reading, Berkshire. It was commissioned by Edward Simeon, a Reading-born mercha ...

(c.1790–1812) *Peter Cazalet (1792–1794) * William Manning (1792–1831) (Governor 1812–1813) * Jeremiah Harman (1794–1827) (Governor 1816–1818) *

John Staniforth John Staniforth (1771–1830) was a British politician and director of the Bank of England. Early life John Staniforth was the son of Charles Staniforth, a merchant of both the Broad Street Buildings, London and Kingston-Upon-Hull, and his wi ...

(1807–1819) * John Reid, 2nd Baronet (1820–1837 and 1841–1847) (Governor 1839–1841) * William Thompson, MP (1827–1829, 1830–1832, 1833–1835, 1836–1839, 1840–1843, 1844–1847, 1847–1851, 1852–1854) *John Gellibrand Hubbard, 1st Baron Addington, (Governor 1853–1855) *

Thomas Matthias Weguelin Thomas Matthias Weguelin (5 May 1809 – 5 April 1885) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1880. Life Weguelin was the son of William A Weguelin of Weymouth Street, Portland Place, London, who ...

(1838–1853) (Governor 1855–1857) *Charles Frederick Huth (1838–?) *

Benjamin Buck Greene Benjamin Buck Greene (1808 – 3 April 1902) was a British banker and financier. He inherited a large fortune derived from the Atlantic slave trade and the sugar industry in the Caribbean, later becoming one of London's leading merchants and shipow ...

(1850–1900) (Governor 1873–1875) *

Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham MA BA FGS FSA (31 August 1819 – 13 September 1907) was a British banker, businessman and Conservative Party politician. Life Aldenham was the son of George Henry Gibbs, whose father Antony Gibbs was a ...

(1853–1901) (Governor 1875–1877) * George Goschen (1856–?) * Christopher Weguelin (1867–1880) *

Alfred de Rothschild Alfred Charles ''Freiherr'' de Rothschild, CVO (20 July 1842 – 31 January 1918), was the second son of Lionel ''Freiherr'' de Rothschild and Charlotte ''Freifrau'' von Rothschild of the Rothschild family. Education As a young man, Alfred a ...

(1869–1889) *

Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (13 April 1828 – 17 July 1897), was a British banker. Early life A member of the Baring banking family, "Ned" Baring was born on 13 April 1828. He was the second son of Henry Baring from his second ma ...

(1879–1891) *

William Middleton Campbell William Middleton Campbell (1849–1919) was Governor of the Bank of England from 1907 to 1909. Early life William Middleton Campbell was born in 1849. He was the son of Colin Campbell (Junior) of Colgrain and Camis Eskan (1818–86), a wealthy su ...

(1886–?) (Governor 1907–1909) *

Everard Hambro Sir Everard Alexander Hambro (11 April 1842 – 26 February 1925) was a British banker and philanthropist. Early life Everard Hambro was born 11 April 1842 in Willesden, London. Charles Mosley (ed.), ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'', Crans, ...

(1895–1925) * Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe (1895–?)(Governor 1913–1918) *

John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

(1898–1929) * Edward Charles Grenfell, 1st Baron St Just (1905–1940) *

Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley (21 November 1871 – 20 July 1954) was an English businessman, stockbroker, merchant banker, and public servant who organised the National Savings movement. Background Kindersley was born i ...

(1914–1946) *

Frederick Huth Jackson Frederick Huth Jackson (1863–1921), was a British banker, and a partner of the merchant bank, Frederick Huth & Co, founded by his great-grandfather, Frederick Huth. Early life He was the son of Thomas Hughes Jackson (1834–1930) and Hermi ...

1918 * Henry Cosmo Orme Bonsor, 1st Baronet 1918 1927 * Alan Anderson (1918–1946) * Brien Cokayne, 1st Baron Cullen of Ashbourne (Governor 1918–1920) * Roland Kitson, 3rd Baron Airedale (1923–1947) * Albert Charles Gladstone, 5th Baronet (1924–1947) * John Nairne, 1st Baronet (1925–1931) * Alexander Shaw 1927 (died 1944) * Basil Blackett (1928–1935) * Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp (1928–1941) * Andrew Duncan (1929–1940) *

John Hindley, 1st Viscount Hyndley John Scott Hindley, 1st Viscount Hyndley, Order of the British Empire, GBE (24 October 1883 – 5 January 1963), known as Sir John Hindley, 1st Baronet, between 1927 and 1931 and as The Lord Hyndley between 1931 and 1948, was a British businessman ...

(1931–1945) * William Henry Clegg (1932–1937) *

Patrick Ashley Cooper Major Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper (18 November 1887 – 22 March 1961) was a British businessman who for more than two decades was governor of the Hudson's Bay Company and director of the Bank of England. He served as High Sheriff of the County o ...

(1932–1955) *

Edward Holland-Martin Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

(1933–1948) *

Basil Gage Catterns Basil Gage Catterns (20 June 1886 – 5 February 1969) was the Chief Cashier and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. He was born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, son of the Rev. T.E.S. Catterns and educated at Trent College Trent College i ...

(1934–1948) *

James George Weir Air Commodore James George Weir, (23 May 1887 – 7 November 1973) was an early Scottish aviator and airman. He was a successful industrialist who financed Juan de la Cierva's development of the autogiro. Biography Weir was born in Cambuslang, ...

(1935–1946) * Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard (1936–1949) *

Otto Niemeyer Sir Otto Ernst Niemeyer (23 November 1883 – 6 February 1971) was a British banker and civil servant. He served as a director of the Bank of England from 1938 to 1952 and a director of the Bank for International Settlements from 1931 to 1965. ...

(1938–1952) * James Pitman (1941–?) *

John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, ( ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originally trained in ...

(1941–1946) *

Josiah Wedgwood V Josiah Wedgwood V (20 October 1899 – 18 May 1968) was the Managing Director of the Wedgwood pottery firm from 1930 until 1968 and credited with a transformation in the company's fortunes. Wedgwood was one of seven children of Josiah Wedgwood I ...

(1942–1946) * William Piercy, 1st Baron Piercy (1946–1960) *

Michael Babington Smith Brigadier Michael James Babington Smith (20 March 1901 – 26 October 1984), known in London as MJBS, was a British banker, sportsman and soldier from the Babington family. During the Second World War, he served under General Dwight D. Eisenh ...

(1949–1969) * Humphrey Mynors, 1st Baronet (1949–1954) *

Eric Roll Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden (born Erich Roll; 1 December 1907 – 30 March 2005) was a British academic economist, public servant and banker. He was made a life peer in 1977. Biography Roll was born in Nowosielitza, Austro-Hungarian Empir ...

(1968–1977) *

Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham Alfred Robens, Baron Robens of Woldingham, PC (18 December 1910 – 27 June 1999) was an English trade unionist, Labour politician and industrialist. His political ambitions, including an aspiration to become Prime Minister, were frustrat ...

(1966–?) *

Alastair Pilkington Sir Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington (7 January 1920 – 5 May 1995), known as Sir Alastair Pilkington, was a British engineer and businessman who invented and perfected the float glass process for commercial manufacturing of plate glass. E ...

(1974–1984) *

Adrian Cadbury Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury, (15 April 1929 – 3 September 2015) was an English businessman who served as the chairman of Cadbury and Cadbury Schweppes for 24 years. He was also a British Olympic rower. Cadbury was a pioneer in raising ...

(1970–1994) * Andrew Crockett (1989–1993) *

John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton (2 November 1928 – 6 October 2020), was a British merchant banker who served as chairman of British Petroleum from 1992 to 1995. Lord Ashburton also sat on the boards of Jaguar Cars, Dunlop ...

(1993–1991) * David Clementi (1996–1997) * Bill Morris (1998–?) * Peter Jay (2003–?) * Neville Simms (1995–2002)

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Directors Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

Directors of the Bank of England Bank of England directors

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