Samuel Beachcroft (died 30 April 1796) was an English banker,
governor of the Bank of England
The governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent grooming their successor. The governor of the Ba ...
from 1775 to 1777. He had been
Deputy Governor from 1773 to 1775. He replaced
James Sperling as Governor and was succeeded by
Peter Gaussen
Peter Gaussen (1723–1788) was Governor of the Bank of England from 1777 to 1779.
He was born Jean-Pierre Gaussen in Geneva, the son of Paul Gaussen, a French Huguenot, and moved to London in 1739.
He was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England ...
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''Governors of the Bank of England''.
Bank of England, London, 2013
Archived here.
Retrieved 6 March 2016. Beachcroft's tenure as Governor occurred during the Bengal bubble crash (1769–1784).
See also
*Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
The Chief Cashier of the Bank of England is the person responsible for issuing banknotes at the Bank of England and is the director of the divisions which provide the Bank of England's banking infrastructure. This person is known to the general ...
References
Governors of the Bank of England
Year of birth missing
1796 deaths
British bankers
Deputy Governors of the Bank of England
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