George Goschen person
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George Goschen worked_for
United Kingdom documented
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“In 1889 the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Goschen undertook to convert £500 million of 3 per cent consols into 2.5 per cents...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ELEVEN The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902)
George Goschen proposed
Bank of England documented
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“Indeed, the fear of a gold drain in the event of a crisis there prompted Goschen to propose the issue of one-pound notes.…”
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 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)
George Goschen met_with
William Lidderdale documented
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“Goschen’s initial reaction—seconded by the First Lord of Treasury, W. H. Smith—was to refuse Lidderdale’s request for £1 million…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ELEVEN The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902)
George Goschen met_with
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury documented
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“But, as Goschen warned Salisbury, “the Rothschilds [were] sure to put the screws on”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ELEVEN The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902)
Nathaniel Rothschild relationship_with
George Goschen documented
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“and four years later Natty firmly opposed Goschen’s proposal to introduce a one-pound note…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ELEVEN The Risks and Returns of Empire (1885-1902)