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    Sir John Houblon (13 March 1632 – 10 January 1712) was an English merchant and banker who served as the first governor of the Bank of England from 1694...
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  • brother of James and John Sir James Houblon (1629–1700), MP, Director of the Bank of England, brother of Abraham and John Sir John Houblon (1632–1712), first...
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  • beginning in 1994. This reddish note replaced Christopher Wren with John Houblon, the first governor of the Bank of England, on the reverse. As an additional...
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  • of Rev. Thomas Archer Houblon MA, sometime Rector of Peasemore and his wife, Eleanor Deedes; and grandson of John Archer Houblon of Welford Park in Berkshire...
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  • John Archer-Houblon (1 December 1773 – 31 May 1831) of Welford Park and Hallingbury Place was a British Member of Parliament. Houblon was the eldest son...
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    Bank of England (category John Soane buildings)
    bank was John Houblon, and the first Deputy Governor Michael Godfrey. (330 years later, in 1994, the bank would issue a £50 note depicting Houblon to mark...
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    commemorated its 300th birthday by featuring its first governor, Sir John Houblon, on the reverse. The old Series D £50 note was withdrawn from circulation...
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    office 1 Sir John Houblon 1694–1697 2 Sir William Scawen 1697–1699 3 Nathaniel Tench 1699–1701 4 John Ward 1701–1703 5 Abraham Houblon 1703–1705 6 Sir...
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  • 1701 to 1703. He replaced John Ward and was succeeded by James Bateman. He was a brother of Sir James Houblon and Sir John Houblon. Abraham was born on 23...
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    the £20 (Michael Faraday), the £10 (Charles Dickens) and the £50 (Sir John Houblon). The three lower denominations were replaced by the Series E (Variant)...
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