Group From 1806

Provident Life Office

Categories: Commerce

A savings bank launched by Barber Beaumont in 1806. We think this went on to become part of Friends Provident.

Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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Provident Life Office

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Barber Beaumont - vault stone

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