Thomas Smith

1623 - 1699  (76 years)

• Name	Thomas Smith
  Birth	1623	Cropwell, Nottinghamshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1688	Nottinghamshire, England
  	In 1658 he bought premises at the corner of Peck Lane, where he was a mercer (cloth merchant). Sometime after this he began to offer banking services to his customers. It was the first private bank outside London and is the origin of the oldest country Banking House in England. The precise date of the establishment of Smith's Bank is not clear, but it was about 1688. Twelve years after the foundation of the bank Thomas Smith died. He married twice, first to Mary, daughter of John Hooper, of Somerset; and secondly to the daughter of Lawrence Collin of Nottingham. During his lifetime he amassed a large fortune, and he died in 1699 in possession of much landed property. His eldest son, Thomas, succeeded him in the banking business. A plaque outside the Natwest Bank branch on the east side of South Parade, Nottingham announces that Smith's bank stood near this site. The Smith family quit the business in 1902 when a merger formed the Union of London and Smith's bank. This then became the National Provincial Bank in 1918, and then the National Westminster Bank in 1969.
  Death	14 Jul 1699	Nottinghamshire, England
  Burial	Nottinghamshire, England
  Person ID	I52	UK Thrall family
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family	Mary Hooper,   b. 1648, Gaddesby, Leicestershire, England
  Children	+ 1. Anne Smith,   b. 1692, Nottinghamshire, England d. 1762 (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Occupation - In 1658 he bought premises at the corner of Peck Lane, where he was a mercer (cloth merchant). Sometime after this he began to offer banking services to his customers. It was the first private bank outside London and is the origin of the oldest country Banking House in England. The precise date of the establishment of Smith's Bank is not clear, but it was about 1688. Twelve years after the foundation of the bank Thomas Smith died. He married twice, first to Mary, daughter of John Hooper, of Somerset; and secondly to the daughter of Lawrence Collin of Nottingham. During his lifetime he amassed a large fortune, and he died in 1699 in possession of much landed property. His eldest son, Thomas, succeeded him in the banking business. A plaque outside the Natwest Bank branch on the east side of South Parade, Nottingham announces that Smith's bank stood near this site. The Smith family quit the business in 1902 when a merger formed the Union of London and Smith's bank. This then became the National Provincial Bank in 1918, and then the National Westminster Bank in 1969. - 1688 - Nottinghamshire, England Death - 14 Jul 1699 - Nottinghamshire, England Burial - - Nottinghamshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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