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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Template2 |Dates=1680s-1710s |Location=Bristol |Vocation=Merchant; politician |Place of Birth=Skipmyre |Marriage=Elizabeth Turner; Hannah Kemp |Source=Oxford Dictionary of N...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Template2<br /> |Dates=1680s-1710s<br /> |Location=Bristol<br /> |Vocation=Merchant; politician<br /> |Place of Birth=Skipmyre<br /> |Marriage=Elizabeth Turner; Hannah Kemp<br /> |Source=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br /> }}<br /> Member of the Merchant Taylors' Company (1681). Co-founder of the Bank of England (1694), and of the Company of Scotland (1695). Accompanied first expedition of Isthmus of Darien (1698). Lived for a time in New York. Supported Anglo-Scottish Union (1707), and elected MP for Dumfriesshire (1708), although denied his seat.</div>

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