Awarded the 1996 Wadsworth Prize for British History, by the Business Archives Council. A history of the Bank of Scotland.
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One of the most important books on Scottish economic and banking history. This is a fine book. ! Savile has performed a tremendous task to produce a readable, authoritativetome. -- Michael Collins, University of Leeds Savile has told a story of great complexity with a lightness of touch that will be envied by others in the business. -- Forrest Capie One of the most important books on Scottish economic and banking history. This is a fine book. ! Savile has performed a tremendous task to produce a readable, authoritativetome. Savile has told a story of great complexity with a lightness of touch that will be envied by others in the business.
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Richard Saville is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of St. Andrews.
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ON 17 JULY 1695, the Scottish Parliament passed the Act which founded Bank of Scotland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cent over bank rate, gross trading income, property sinking fund, amalgamation account, provincial banking companies, new cash accounts, two senior banks, cent war loan, total capital resources, national war bonds, arising equivalent, private letter book, otal liabilities, minimum discount rate, second war loan, linen company, victualling bills, net business profits, extraordinary directors, joint general manager, banknote issue, remittance trade, guarantee account, published reserve, secondary banking crisis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bank of Scotland, British Linen, Alexander Blair, Henry Dundas, Statistical Appendix, Clydesdale Bank, Court of Session, Privy Council, Select Committee, City of London, Lord Milton, North West Securities, East India Company, Sir William Forbes, Lord Balfour, Scottish Bankers Magazine, Norman Hird, Bruce Pattullo, Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Holland, Standard Life, First World War, Barclays Bank, Nws Bank, Adam Smith New!
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ON 17 JULY 1695, the Scottish Parliament passed the Act which founded Bank of Scotland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cent over bank rate, gross trading income, property sinking fund, amalgamation account, provincial banking companies, new cash accounts, two senior banks, cent war loan, total capital resources, national war bonds, arising equivalent, private letter book, otal liabilities, minimum discount rate, second war loan, linen company, victualling bills, net business profits, extraordinary directors, joint general manager, banknote issue, remittance trade, guarantee account, published reserve, secondary banking crisis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bank of Scotland, British Linen, Alexander Blair, Henry Dundas, Statistical Appendix, Clydesdale Bank, Court of Session, Privy Council, Select Committee, City of London, Lord Milton, North West Securities, East India Company, Sir William Forbes, Lord Balfour, Scottish Bankers Magazine, Norman Hird, Bruce Pattullo, Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Holland, Standard Life, First World War, Barclays Bank, Nws Bank, Adam Smith New!
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- The State, the Financial System and Economic Modernization by Richard Sylla on page 82, and page 116
- The Transformation of Scotland: The Economy since 1700 by Tom Devine on page 101, and page 105
- Modern Scotland: 1914-2000 by Richard Finlay in Back Matter
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