A major British commercial bank. Headquartered in London. Founded in Birmingham in 1836 as the Birmingham and Midland Bank by Charles Geach, then secretary of the Bank of England's Birmingham branch. In 1891, it acquired a bank in London and changed its name to London and Midland Bank Ltd. It expanded its business by acquiring and merging with many other banks through the early 20th century. In 1912, it moved its head office from Birmingham to London. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
イギリスの大手商業銀行。本社ロンドン。1836年,当時のイングランド銀行バーミンガム支店の書記ギーチCharles GeachによりBirmingham and Midland Bankとしてバーミンガムに設立。91年ロンドンの銀行を買収,London and Midland Bank Ltd.と改称。その後20世紀初めにかけて数多くの銀行を買収・合併して業務内容を拡大した。1912年には本店をバーミンガムからロンドンに移した。
出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報 |
>>: Midlands (English spelling)
...As is typical of works from the Meiji period, ...
...The town was founded by the Corinthians in the...
… In America, imprisonment had been advocated as ...
This palace was the residence of both Emperor Ten...
Along with the Russian Orthodox Church, it is the...
Akuto refers to a group of local feudal lords, em...
Somatotropin (GH) is a hormone secreted from the ...
…It is rather rare to build a mound and dig down ...
Year of death: 23 February 1525 Year of birth: Cho...
Two people face each other, with their elbows fix...
A general term for documents from the Nara period ...
A ball of rice that has been hardened. It is also ...
...The upper limit α can also be characterized as...
A compound equivalent to the diamide of carbonic ...
Also known as the Movement for the Protection of C...