William Harcourt person
also: Chancellor of the Exchequer Harcourt, Harcourt, Sir William Harcourt
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William Harcourt member_of
Liberal Party documented
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“Gladstone’s loyal lieutenant Sir William Harcourt suggested that, in common with many other “commercial men ... who find their pecuniary interests greatly damaged by the present state of things,” the Rothschilds had “gone Tory altogether.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TEN Party Politics
William Harcourt succeeded
George Goschen documented
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“Credit is usually given to the “the Sinbad of Threadneedle Street”—as Goschen’s successor Harcourt called the Governor of the Bank—for saving Barings from oblivion…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ELEVEN The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902)
William Harcourt met_with
Nathaniel Rothschild documented
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“When the Liberals came back in, however, Natty was closely consulted by the new Chancellor Harcourt on the complex question of stock exchange stamp duties.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ELEVEN The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902)
William Harcourt appointed
Alfred Rothschild documented
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“When Gladstone and his Chancellor of the Exchequer Harcourt were casting round for a suitable British delegate to veto American bimetallist plans at the International Monetary Conference held at Brussels in 1892, Alfred thus seemed the idea…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ELEVEN The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902)