Author: THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK
Title: Anniversary Dinner at the London Tavern, Bishopgate Street on the Day of the General Meeting.
Description: December 1st, 1838. Invitation mounted on thin card, 180 x 220 mm. This item may have at some time been mounted and will bear traces on the reverse of adhesive or removal of mounts. The London Bank was a pioneer banking company in the capital, established in 1836 following the 1833 Act which allowed the establishment of such banks> it developed a large foreign business as well as having strong connections in the City. By 1918, when the London Bank amalgamated with Midland Bank [now part of HSBC], it was the ninth largest bank in the United Kingdom with a total of over 300 branches. Soon after the merger Midland (which had also been founded in 1836) selected the London Bank's head office in Princes Street as the site for its own headquarters.

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