Action Stations at the Bank of England

Margaret Reid

Chapter 1 in The Secondary Banking Crisis, 1973–75, 1982, pp 3-10 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Midwintertide of 1973 brought one of the year’s longest nights in more senses than one to the City of London’s financial centre and its citadel, the Bank of England. From 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 19 December, until 3 a.m. on the following day, a sequence of secret meetings took place at the Bank. Prominent among those involved were Mr Gordon Richardson, the new Governor, previously a merchant banker and barrister; Sir (then Mr) Jasper Hollom, the youthful-looking Deputy Governor; Sir (then Mr) Kenneth Cork, the head of the accountancy firm W. H. Cork Gully who was best known as a company doctor and ‘undertaker’ and later as Lord Mayor of London; and a number of key figures from large investing institutions and banks.

Keywords: Executive Director; Investing Institution; Pension Fund; Money Market; Rescue Package (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1982
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05286-8_1

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