London & Brazilian Bank

Firm Details

People & Investments (3)

 President
 Investment in Firm
 Investment in Firm

Firm Evolutions (1)

1862 →
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Notes

A predecessor firm of Lloyds.

  1. Formation of London & Brazilian Bank 1862.  
  2. Abortive merger 1865 with Banco Maua of Brazil  [and linkages of Baron of Maua with English firms financing slave-trading 'behind the facade of imports and exports': Carruthers & Co.; Mackay, Miller & Co., Hogg, Adam & Co., and 'Andrew and Edward'.]

Sources

https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/49348d0b-a19f-3ecf-9d5b-c8bee0a1b948

  1. Geoffrey Jones, Banks and money: international and comparative finance in history, pp. 40-1.

  2. Carlos Gabriel Guimaraes 'Banks, economics and power during the second reign: the Sociedade Bancaria Maua, MacGregor & Cia. 1854-1866', http://www.h-net.org/~business/bhcweb/publications/BEHprint/v026n2/p0381-p0392.pdf