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James Wilson (3 June 1805 – 11 August 1860) was a Scottish businessman, economist, and Liberal politician who founded The Economist weekly and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, which merged with Standard Bank in 1969 to form Standard Chartered.
Our story bears testament to the vision of our founders, spanning centuries and continents. 1853 James Wilson helps found the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China under a royal charter from Queen Victoria.
The Chartered Bank began when Queen Victoria granted a royal charter to Scotsman James Wilson in 1853. Chartered opened its first branches in Bombay , Calcutta , and Shanghai in 1858; branches in Hong Kong and Singapore followed in 1859.
It has been asserted, on somewhat doubtful evidence, that it was at Wilson's suggestion that Congress, on June 9, 1775, advised Massachusetts to set up a new government based on her original charter, as a means of replacing royal governments, major obstacles to reform, by new and more democratic governments.^ Whether or not Wilson.
Sep 2, 2016 · There was also the College of Henricopolis or University of Henrico established by the Virginia Company near Richmond, Virginia. This institution received a royal charter in 1618 and operated a school for several years before being destroyed with the town during the Indian Massacre of 1622.
Jul 13, 2020 · Today, we examine James Wilson, the Pennsylvanian and Scottish founder behind popular sovereignty, the structure of the judiciary, and many of the most notable compromises at the Constitutional Convention.
Jan 6, 2002 · Arguments by James Wilson and William Samuel Johnson before the Court of Commissioners. [14–23 Dec. 1782] W [ilson] We have the pleasure to meet your honors upon a very important Contest. You are now to decide a territorial controversy, which with other nations would have been decided by the sword.
