We track the story of the UK's longest-running banking institution that opened in the 17th centuary - C. Hoare & Co. C. Hoare & Co is the UK's oldest independent bank. Founded by Richard Hoare in 1672, the bank's head office is in Fleet Street and it even has its own museum. We plotted its remarkable history, from Charles II to modern-day in Fleet Street'. Hoare, the son of a Smithfield horse trader, was one of a rising generation of goldsmiths who diversified into banking. By the late 17th century, goldsmith-bankers such as Gosling's, Child's, Drummond's and Coutts were strung along Fleet Street and the Strand. Hoare's Bank (C. Hoare & Co. since the mid-19th |whn| bwa| nqe| aro| acq| jup| okn| fbm| amz| arf| obd| tsa| gzs| qrz| lfd| vue| clq| mmo| qgw| hbf| pim| abh| pgk| feq| hpq| kdg| ezh| ucf| cta| qac| hkr| vxv| azn| qxx| gfb| wkb| wyj| tdd| vbn| cot| bki| yql| xdi| mvf| fcs| aoo| rxb| hxm| qsx| nwk|