UCL

Henry Hope

Commercial Legacy Details

Company Role

Baring Brothers

Banker (Banking)

Notes

Hope & Co. merged with Baring Brothers after the death of Henry Hope in 1811.

Firm Notes

  1. Partners in mid-1830s = Thomas Baring (grandson of Sir Francis);  Humphrey St John Mildmay was the 'over-cautious' son-in-law of Alexander Baring;  Joshua Bates; John and Francis Baring.  One of 'the City's two dominant merchant banks.'

Firm Sources

  1. Kynaston City of London I, pp 92-3 for Bates; pp. 115-6 for 'Tom' Baring and Mildmay: p. 117 for role with Rothschilds.