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In 1977 the bank set up a wholly owned subsidiary called Bank of England Nominees Limited (BOEN), a now-defunct private limited company, with two of its hundred £1 shares issued. According to its memorandum of association, its objectives were: "To act as Nominee or agent or attorney either solely or jointly with others, for any person or ...
The Court of Directors of the Bank of England originally consisted of 24 shareholders, of which 8 were replaced every year by new members, i.e. shareholders not already directors of the bank at the time. This is an incomplete list of Bank of England directors from the bank's foundation in 1694:
Bank Sepah International plc, owned by Bank Sepah of Iran; FCMB Bank (UK) Limited, owned by First City Monument Bank of Nigeria; Zenith Bank (UK), owned by Zenith Bank of Nigeria; Bank of Ireland UK, owned by Bank of Ireland of the Republic of Ireland; one of the leading banks in Northern Ireland, and present in Great Britain to a lesser extent
The coat of arms of Nathaniel Rothschild, current head of this branch. The Rothschild banking family of England is the British branch of the Rothschild family.It was founded in 1798 by Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), who first settled in Manchester before moving to London, Kingdom of Great Britain (in present-day United Kingdom).
Under Lionel the bank financed the British government's 1875 purchase of a controlling interest in the Suez Canal. Lionel also began to invest in railways as his uncle James had been doing in France. In 1869, Lionel's son, Alfred de Rothschild (1842–1918), became a director of the Bank of England, a post he held for 20
Cosimo de' Medici, Florentine banker, who established his family, the Medici dynasty, as effective rulers of Florence Jakob Fugger, of the Fugger family Bindo Altoviti, famous patron of the arts, papal banker and grandnephew of Pope Innocent VIII Johann Hinrich Gossler (1738–90), of the Berenberg-Gossler family Philippine Welser, a member of the patrician Welser banking family, and the wife ...
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Governor and Company of the Bank of England: Residence: London, United Kingdom: Appointer: Chancellor of the Exchequer [1] [2] with the approval of the Prime Minister [3] and the Monarch [4] Term length: 8 years Renewable once: Inaugural holder: Sir John Houblon: Formation: 1694: Salary £495 000 [5] Website: Governor of the Bank of England