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 ...
From their website: "... clay and concrete building products, building the face of Britain for over 200 years."
Chairman of Westminster's Housing Committee 1945-9. His entry on the Wiki/Fandom website informs us that he was a company director and local politician who was elected to Westminster City Council a...
Person, Commerce, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration
A scheme developed by The Campaign for Real Ale for erecting plaques on public houses that have featured in significant events in history.
Financier and horticulturalist. He was born on 2 January 1916 in Westminster the second of the four children of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942) and Marie Louise Eugénie de Rothschild née B...
Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration
Hops were introduced to England from the Netherlands. They were grown principally in Kent and brought to London via the River Thames and later by rail to London Bridge. By the mid-nineteenth centur...
A parishioner or member of the congregation of St Matthias, N16, who died in WW1.
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