The London Private Banker - A Social History, 1660–1825

This book provides a social history of the London private bankers between 1660 and 1825. Their advancement renders them a social phenomenon with a uniquely broad archival record whose study has implications for broader understandings of social, cultural, and political life in Georgian England.

List of contents

• List of Images


• List of Tables


• List of Abbreviations/Author's Note


• Introduction


• 1: The Rise of the Private Banker


• 2: The Banking Partnership


• 3: The Banking-House


• 4: Friends and Countrymen


• 5: Public Life and the Private Banker


• 6: Money and Power


• 7: Reputations: The Public Banker


• Conclusion

About the author

Perry Gauci is Tutor in Modern History at Lincoln College, University of Oxford. He is the author or editor of several books and collections, including William Beckford: First Prime Minister of the London Empire (Yale, 2013) and Revisiting 'The Polite and Commercial People' (OUP, 2019).

Product details

• Authors: Perry Gauci
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 21.11.2025
• EAN: 9780198923886
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892388-6
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, 1714–1837 (Georgian period), Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Later 17th century c 1650 to c 1699