James William Gilbart
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James William Gilbart (1794-1863) banker and author.
He was the General Manager of the London and Westminster Bank 1833-1859, one of the first joint-stock banks in England.
His work and frequently-updated books such as his Practical Treatise on Banking (1827) were eventually widely adopted to improve the British banking systems and laid the foundations of the modern publicly-owned retail bank and Building Society movement.
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1846. He never married, and devoted much of his life to banking, writing, and his societies. He died at his home at Brompton Crescent, London and is buried in West Norwood Cemetery
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- Robert Brown (2004) "Gilbart, James William (1794–1863)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10672, accessed 22 Nov 2006 (subscription required)
