Douglas, Heron & Company (redirect from Ayr Bank) Douglas, Heron & Company, also known as the Ayr Bank, was a Scottish bank with its head office at Ayr. It opened in November 1769 and folded in 1772 during... 9 KB (1,004 words) - 02:49, 12 February 2024 |
Ayr (/ɛər/ AIR; Scots: Ayr; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal... 81 KB (7,933 words) - 14:02, 24 April 2024 |
the Ayr Bank in 1772, in the crisis following the collapse of the London house of Neal, James, Fordyce and Down. Henry Dundas was Governor of the Bank of... 33 KB (3,051 words) - 14:50, 9 April 2024 |
increasing the supply of money, the bank of Douglas, Heron & Company, known as the "Ayr Bank", was established in Ayr, Scotland in 1769; however, after... 38 KB (4,210 words) - 22:17, 16 April 2024 |
found along its banks, mainly concentrated around the town of Ayr. The name Ayr may come from a pre-Celtic word meaning "watercourse". Ayr could also be... 5 KB (420 words) - 19:02, 19 July 2022 |
the Newton-on-Ayr Main Street to the Newton Mill or Malt Mill that was located on the bank of the River Ayr near where the New Bridge of Ayr is located.... 10 KB (1,137 words) - 14:34, 8 April 2022 |
Scottish Historical Review. 46 (141) – via JSTOR. The Failure of the Ayr Bank 1772, H Hamilton Annals of Commerce (1805) D Macpherson The Scottish Town... 3 KB (335 words) - 07:54, 24 April 2024 |
Ayr (Somali: Cayr or Ceyr), Muhammad Madarkicis Hiraab is a Somali clan, part of the larger Habar Gidir Hawiye clan. The Ayr clan is the eldest Habargidir... 23 KB (3,026 words) - 02:24, 29 April 2024 |
period was spent in India. He was one of the shareholders of the failed Ayr Bank of Douglas, Heron and Company which collapsed in the financial crisis of... 17 KB (1,797 words) - 09:33, 2 August 2023 |
Public holidays in the United Kingdom (redirect from UK bank holidays) seven bank holidays common to all jurisdictions: New Year's Day, Good Friday, the early May bank holiday, the Spring bank holiday, the Summer bank holiday... 40 KB (3,145 words) - 21:36, 20 April 2024 |
Neale, James, Fordyce and Downe (category Defunct banks of the United Kingdom) days after Fordyce fled, 22 significant banks, notably the Scottish Douglas, Heron & Co known as the Ayr Bank, and many smaller ones all stopped payments... 7 KB (896 words) - 03:21, 14 March 2023 |
the influence of his noble brother-in-law. Drummond was a partner in the Ayr Bank, which crashed disastrously in 1772, but his fortune survived. In 1775... 6 KB (439 words) - 14:25, 28 March 2023 |
Banking, and the Financial Crisis of 1772, analyses the collapse of the Ayr Bank in the Crisis of 1772. His 2017 book, Famine and Finance: Credit and the... 13 KB (1,056 words) - 19:02, 22 March 2024 |
Dundas through an investment in Douglas, Heron & Company, also known as the Ayr Bank, which crashed in 1772. Numerous Scottish land owners were bankrupted in... 9 KB (976 words) - 20:30, 24 July 2023 |
management and Lloyds Bank under the name Romanes Media in 2012. Newsquest acquired Romanes Media in 2015. Historical copies of the Ayr Advertiser, dating... 5 KB (322 words) - 15:32, 16 December 2023 |
Bank holidays in Scotland are determined under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 and the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007. Unlike... 11 KB (977 words) - 21:42, 4 March 2024 |
of Douglas Castle begun by his uncle. However the 1772 collapse of the Ayr bank of Douglas, Heron & Company was a blow to his financial position. In 1795... 10 KB (971 words) - 18:55, 24 October 2023 |
River Ayr) Category C(S) 50121 Upload Photo Ballochmyle Street, Catrine, Ayr Bank House With Railings And Boundary Wall 55°30′18″N 4°20′08″W / 55.504941°N... 8 KB (279 words) - 16:09, 10 April 2022 |
assumed the name of Agnew. Robert Kennedy was ruined by the failure of the Ayr bank, and had to sell Pinmore and move to Edinburgh, where he died in 1790.... 4 KB (548 words) - 12:08, 11 January 2024 |
The Belle Ayr mine is a coal mine located 18 miles southeast of Gillette, Wyoming in the United States in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. The mine is... 8 KB (612 words) - 20:42, 8 January 2024 |
supper on 29 January 1802 in Alloway, but in 1803 it was discovered from the Ayr Parish records that James Currie had made a mistake and the correct date... 27 KB (3,204 words) - 21:42, 4 March 2024 |
the lands of Muirsmill close to Dalquhran. Ruined by the collapse of the Ayr Bank in 1772, Lapraik had first to let and then to sell his estate; for several... 5 KB (594 words) - 16:07, 26 February 2024 |
origin of McGrigors which continues as an independent firm until 2012. Ayr Bank opens. Fort George completed. 2 May – John Malcolm, soldier, statesman... 4 KB (324 words) - 17:46, 15 January 2022 |
Mary Heron, the only surviving child of Patrick Heron, a founder of the Ayr Bank and MP for Kirkcudbright Stewartry. When her father died in 1803, she inherited... 4 KB (330 words) - 18:36, 5 March 2024 |