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In a lane by the eastern entrance to the Royal Exchange, stand two statues: one of Paul Julius Reuter who founded his news agency there, and one of George Peabody who founded the Peabody Trust and a business which became J.P. Morgan & Co. [25] In 2013 a lease of Royal Exchange was sold by Anglo Irish Bank to Oxford Properties, a Canadian ...
The company received its royal charter under the Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719 (6 Geo. 1.c. 18), popularly known as the Bubble Act. [3] Under the terms of this legislation, the Royal Exchange and the London Assurance Company were the only incorporated bodies chartered to write marine insurance.
Royal Exchange may refer to: North East Quarter, Belfast, a planned city centre development formerly known as Royal Exchange. Royal Exchange, Dublin, now City Hall, Dublin; Royal Exchange, Edinburgh, now the Edinburgh City Chambers; Royal Exchange, London, a centre of commerce in the City of London
The equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington is an outdoor sculpture of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a British soldier and statesman, located at the Royal Exchange in London. [1] It overlooks Bank junction in the historic City of London. The sculptor was Francis Leggatt Chantrey. [2]
The company was established through the merger of the Guardian Assurance Company and Royal Exchange Assurance in 1968. [1] In February 1998 it acquired PPP Healthcare, a private healthcare insurer, for £435m. [2] In February 1999 it was acquired by Axa of France for $5.7bn and integrated into its Sun Life & Provincial Holdings division. [3]
The Royal Exchange building in New York City, later known as the Old Royal Exchange and the Merchants Exchange, [a] was a covered marketplace located near the foot of Broad Street, near its intersection with Water Street. [1]
The Bubble Act 1720 (also Royal Exchange and London Assurance Corporation Act 1719) [1] was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed on 11 June 1720 that incorporated the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation and London Assurance Corporation, but more significantly forbade the formation of any other joint-stock companies unless approved by royal charter
The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Royal Exchange Shopping Centre. The Royal Exchange was heavily damaged in the Manchester Blitz and in the 1996 Manchester bombing . The current building is the last of several buildings on the site used for commodities exchange , primarily but not exclusively of cotton and textiles.