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Bank Charter Suspension

Great Britain · Government / Whig Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1847–1857Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1847

John Russell Russell, 1st25 October 1847

London · Government / Whig Government

The Government authorises temporary suspension of the note-issue limit during a financial panic.

1857

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd1857

London · Government / Whig Government

Palmerston's Government permits emergency note issuance during the international financial crisis.

Names involved

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rdJohn Russell Russell, 1st

Provenance

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