| LC control no. | n 83008532 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Paterson, William, 1658-1719 |
| Variant(s) | Paterson, Mr. (William), 1658-1719 Medway, Lewis, 1658-1719 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Scotland |
| Associated place | Dumfriesshire (Scotland) |
| Birth date | 1658-04 |
| Death date | 1719-01 |
| Place of birth | Skipmyre (Scotland) |
| Affiliation | Bank of England |
| Profession or occupation | Bankers Merchants |
| Found in | DNB (Paterson, William, 1658-1719; founder of the Bank of England) InU/Wing STC files (usage: Mr. Paterson) An enquiry into the reasonableness and consequences ..., 1706: p. [5] (Lewis Medway) Oxford DNB online, 25 June 2019 (Paterson, William (1658-1719); banking projector, was born in April 1658 in Skipmyre, Dumfriesshire; Paterson's early life is obscure, though Sir John Clerk of Penicuik later stated that he had been 'bred in England from his infancy'; The first reliable record of his activities records his membership of the Merchant Taylors' Company on 16 November 1681; His lasting monument was the Bank of England; was thus among the first directors when it was chartered on 27 July 1694; eventually accompanied the first, ill-fated, Scottish voyage to Darien in July 1698; died in January 1719 (where is not known) and was buried in Sweetheart Abbey, Kirkcudbright) |
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