Suez Canal Company organization
also: Canal Company, his company, Khedive’s Suez Canal shares, Suez Canal shares, the Canal, the Canal Company
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United Kingdom acquired
Suez Canal Company documented
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“allowing the British crown to acquire a substantial shareholding in the Suez Canal Company.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
United Kingdom Government acquired
Suez Canal Company documented
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“The Khedive, in despair & disgust, offered Yr Majesty’s Government to purchase his shares outright...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
Ferdinand de Lesseps worked_for
Suez Canal Company documented
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“Lesseps, whose company has the remaining shares...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
Rothschild family did_business_with
Suez Canal Company documented
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“Liberal critics also took up Granville’s suggestion that the purchase of the shares had given rise to “gambling on the Stock Exchange”—that is, speculation in Egyptian bonds by those in the know, namely the Rothschilds.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
British Government invested_in
Suez Canal Company reported
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“Within less than a month of Wolseley’s victory, as Gustave reported to Natty and Natty to Granville, rumours began to circulate in Paris that the British government was trying to buy Suez Canal shares on the open market with the intention o…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
Benjamin Disraeli invested_in
Suez Canal Company documented
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“Gladstone remained deeply suspicious of anything which resembled Disraeli’s original share purchase of 1875—he still felt aspects of the transaction were being concealed from him—and in any case it proved impossible to reach an agreement wi…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)
Benjamin Disraeli acquired
Suez Canal Company documented
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“Disraeli’s purchase of the Khedive’s Suez Canal shares…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWELVE Finances and Alliances (1885-1906)