Vincent Stuckey by Eden Upton Eddis, 1830s.
A Somersetshire Bank note for £10

Vincent Stuckey (24 March 1771 - 8 May 1845) was a merchant and banker of Somerset and Gloucestershire whose note-issue in his heyday was the largest in England and Wales except for the Bank of England itself.

Early life

Stuckey was born at Langport on 24 March 1771.[1]

Career

Stuckey was a partner in S & G Stuckey & Co. (later Stuckey's Banking Co.) from 1807 to 1845. In his heyday, his note-issue was the largest in England and Wales except for the Bank of England itself.[2]

Death

Stuckey died at Langport on 8 May 1845.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Vincent Stuckey. Royal Bank of Scotland. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Fathers of English Banking: The Rise and Fall of the Private Bankers", Nicholas Lane, History Today, 1 March 1953, pp. 190-199.

Further reading

  • Saunders, Philip T. (1928) Stuckey's Bank. Taunton.
  • Gregory, T.E. (1936) The Westminster Bank through a Century, vol.1. Westminster Bank.
  • Pressnell, L.S. (1956) Country Banking in the Industrial Revolution.


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