JAMES

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• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM

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• JAMES WILLIAM GILBART (1794-1863)

GILBART (1794-1863)  , English writer on banking, was born in London on the 21st of March 1794 . From 1813 to 1825 he was clerk in a London bank . After a two years' residence in Birmingham, he was appointed manager of the Kilkenny branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, and in 1829 he was promoted to the Waterford branch . In 1834 he became manager of the London and Westminster Bank; and he did much to develop the system of joint-stock banking . On more than one occasion he rendered valuable services to the joint-stock banks by his evidence before committees of the House of Commons; and, . on the renewal of the bank charter in 1844, he procured the insertion of a clause granting to joint-stock banks the power of suing by their public officer, and also the right of accepting bills at less than six months' date . In 1846 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society . He died in London on the 8th of August 1863 . The Gilbart lectures on banking at King's College are called after him . The following are his principal works on banking, most of which have passed through more than one edition: Practical Treatise on Banking (1827) ; The History and Principles of Banking (1834); The History of Banking in America (1837) ; Lectures on the History and Principles of Ancient Commerce (1847); Logic for the Million (1851); and Logic of Banking (1857) .