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    Scottish businessman, economist and Liberal politician

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  1. James Wilson (3 June 1805 – 11 August 1860) was a Scottish businessman, economist, and Liberal politician who founded The Economist weekly and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, which merged with Standard Bank in 1969 to form Standard Chartered.

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  2. James Wilson (3 June 1805 – 11 August 1860) was a Scottish businessman, economist, and Liberal politician who founded The Economist weekly and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, which merged with Standard Bank in 1969 to form Standard Chartered. He was the first Finance Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council from December ...

  3. The story of The Economist Group begins with the foundation in 1843 of The Economist newspaper by a Scottish businessman, James Wilson. A classical liberal, he successfully opposed the protectionist British Corn Laws.

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  5. James Wilson (3 June 1805 – 11 August 1860) was a Scottish businessman, economist, and Liberal politician who founded The Economist weekly and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, which merged with Standard Bank in 1969 to form Standard Chartered. He was the first Finance Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council from December 1859 until his death in August 1860. Sent there to ...

  6. The business thrived and by the time he was 19, it had outgrown Hawick. The brothers moved to London and continued trading until 1831 when the partnership was dissolved. At this point, Wilson established James Wilson and Co, valued at £25,000, an enormous sum in the 19 th century. Scotchman inside every man

  7. Jan 20, 2021 · So restored to a due honour was James Wilson, the first finance member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council, who presented India’s first Budget in 1860. Born into a Quaker family in 1805, fourth among 15 siblings, Wilson wanted to study law, but the Quaker tradition frowned upon the profession.

  8. Jul 13, 2020 · Wilson was among the five delegates chosen to serve on the Committee of Detail that was important to the remaining business of the Convention and was, as the late historian Richard Beeman wrote in Plain, Honest Men, the “most dedicated supporter of a truly national government and the least protective of the interests of any particular state ...

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