In 1835 two men, who had been successful with the Friends Provident Institution, selling life assurance only to Quakers, formed the less choosy National Provident Institution, opening for business in one room in Nicholas Lane on 30th November 1835. Moved to new offices in March 1843 at 48 Gracechurch Street. A new building was erected on the site of Nos 48, 49 and 50 and opened on 15 December 1862. Our picture shows this building in 1863. It was demolished, along with No 3 Eastcheap at the end of 1958, rebuilt and NPI returned to the site in August 1960. In 1966 NPI moved to a new head office in Tunbridge Wells.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
National Provident Institution
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National Provident - north
The foundation stone to which this plaque refers reads "National Provident In...
National Provident - south
The National Provident Institution opened for business in one room in Nichola...
Other Subjects
John Lewis
Retailer. Born at Town Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. He worked in several drapery firms before opening his own business at number 132 (later 286) Oxford Street in 1864. In 1906 he walked from h...
1 memorial
Hilary Weston
Born and raised in Dublin as Hilary Mary Frayne. Married Galen Weston in 1966. They moved to Toronto in 1974, and HW became a Canadian citizen. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1997 - 2002.
Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Canada, Ireland
1 memorial
Rupert D‘Oyly Carte
Son of Helen and Richard D‘Oyly Carte. Chairman of the company 1901 - 1948 - through both World Wars. Father of Bridget. Wodehouse supposedly based Psmith, one of his characters, on Rupert, or p...
1 memorial
Eagle Tavern
Spitlefields Life has an excellent write-up of the 19th century entertainment complex here.
2 memorials
Peter the Great Company of St Petersburg
We can find nothing about this but guess it is some offshoot of the Russian embassy.
1 memorial
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