Description | This series holds letters mostly sent to Bonamy Dobree while he was Deputy Governor and Governor of the Bank of England. The main correspondents are Sheffield Neave who was Governor to Dobree's Deputy, the Chancellor of the Exchequer during this period, William Gladstone who was Prime Minister at this time. Correspondence also includes members of staff at the Bank of England and other banks, including Thomson Hankey, Bonamy Dobree Junior, Duc de Montmorency, P. Bainbrigge de Hunt, C. Freshfield, P. Melville and Sir Charles Wood. Other items include replies from Bonamy Dobree, invitations to events and pamphlets relating to organisations Dobree was involved with. |