William Fawkener (banker)

William Fawkener was Governor of the Bank of England from 1743 to 1745, having previously served as the Bank's Deputy Governor.[1] He was son of another William Fawkener (1642–1716), a leading member of the Levant Company, and brother of Sir Everard Fawkener, who was also a merchant dealing in silk, before becoming Ambassador to the Sublime Porte between 1737 and 1744.

References

Governors of the Bank of England. Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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Government offices
Preceded by Stamp Brooksbank	Governor of the Bank of England 1743 - 1745	Succeeded by Charles Savage

Governors of the Bank of England (1694–present)
England (927–1707)	J. Houblon (1694–1697) W. Scawen (1697–1699) Tench (1699–1701) Ward (1701–1703) A. Houblon (1703–1705) Bateman (1705–1707)
Great Britain (1707–1801)	Eyles (1707–1709) Heathcote (1709–1711) Gould (1711–1713) Rudge (1713–1715) Delmé (1715–1717) Conyers (1717–1719) Hanger (1719–1721) T. Scawen (1721–1723) Heathcote (1723–1725) Thompson (1725–1727) Morice (1727–1729) Holden (1729–1731) Bellamy (1731–1733) Townshend (1733–1735) Benson (1735–1737) Cooke (1737–1740) Carbonnel (1740–1741) Brooksbank (1741–1743) Fawkener (1743–1745) Savage (1745–1747) Longuet (1747–1749) W. Hunt (1749–1752) Sheafe (1752–1754) C. Palmer (1754–1756) M. Beachcroft (1756–1758) Burrell (1758–1760) Burton (1760–1762) Marsh (1762–1764) J. Weyland (1764–1766) Clarmont (1766–1769) Cooper (1769–1771) Payne (1771–1773) Sperling (1773–1775) S. Beachcroft (1775–1777) Gaussen (1777–1779) Booth (1779–1781) Ewer (1781–1783) R. Neave (1783–1785) Peters (1785–1787) Darell (1787–1789) M. Weyland (1789–1791) Bosanquet (1791–1793) G. Thornton (1793–1795) Giles (1795–1797) T. Raikes (1797–1799) S. Thornton (1799–1801)
Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)	J. M. Raikes (1801–1802) Nutt (1802–1804) Winthrop (1804–1806) Long (1806–1808) Whitmore (1808–1810) Pearse (1810–1812) Manning (1812–1814) Mellish (1814–1816) Harman (1816–1818) Dorrien (1818–1820) Pole (1820–1822) Bowden (1822–1824) Buller (1824–1826) Richards (1826–1828) Drewe (1828–1830) J. H. Palmer (1830–1833) R. M. Raikes (1833–1834) Pattison (1834–1837) Curtis (1837–1839) Reid (1839–1841) Pelly (1841–1842) Cotton (1842–1845) Heath (1845–1847) Robinson (1847) Morris (1847–1849) Prescot (1849–1851) Hankey (1851–1853) 1st Baron Addington (1853–1855) Weguelin (1855–1857) S. Neave (1857–1859) Dobrée (1859–1861) Latham (1861–1863) Hodgson (1863–1865) Holland (1865–1867) T. N. Hunt (1867–1869) Crawford (1869–1871) George Lyall (1871–1873) Greene (1873–1875) 1st Baron Aldenham (1875–1877) E. H. Palmer (1877–1879) Birch (1879–1881) Grenfell (1881–1883) Gilliat (1883–1885) Currie (1885–1887) Collet (1887–1889) Lidderdale (1889–1892) David Powell (1892–1895) Sandeman (1895–1897) Smith (1897–1899) Gladstone (1899–1901) Prevost (1901–1903) 1st Baron Hollenden (1903–1905) Wallace (1905–1907) Campbell (1907–1909) Johnston (1909–1911) Cole (1911–1913) 1st Baron Cunliffe (1913–1918) 1st Baron Cullen of Ashbourne (1918–1920) 1st Baron Norman (1920–1922)
Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present)	1st Baron Norman (1922–1944) 1st Baron Catto (1944–1949) 1st Baron Cobbold (1949–1961) 3rd Earl of Cromer (1961–1966) O'Brien (1966–1973) Richardson (1973–1983) Leigh-Pemberton (1983–1993) George (1993–2003) King (2003–2013) Carney (2013–2020) Bailey (2020–present)

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