John Whitmore (15 October 1750 – 9 October 1826) was an English merchant, banker and politician, Member of Parliament for from 1795 to 1806.
Whitmore was
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 1808 to 1810. He had been
Deputy Governor from 1807 to 1808. He replaced
Beeston Long
Beeston Long (4 February 1757 – 1820), of Combe House, Surrey, was an English businessman.
Life
He was the son of Beeston Long, a West India Merchant and deputy Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, and brother of Charles Long ...
as Governor and was succeeded by
John Pearse.
''Governors of the Bank of England''.
Bank of England, London, 2013
Archived here.
Retrieved 19 March 2016.
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 ...
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1750 births
1826 deaths
British bankers
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Deputy Governors of the Bank of England
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
British MPs 1790–1796
British MPs 1796–1800
UK MPs 1801–1802
UK MPs 1802–1806
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