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unusual facts about Barclays Bank



Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird

Outside of football he was president of the YWCA and the YMCA in England, a director of Barclays Bank and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1907, 1908 and 1909.

Bawdeswell

Gurney's Bank was based in Norwich and connected through marriage to Barclays Bank of London with which it merged along with Backhouse's Bank of Darlington and several other Provincial banks in 1896 to form what is now Barclays Bank.

Cathie Felstead

Felstead's commercial clients have included British Airways, Channel 4, Ballet Rambert, Fiat, Oxfam, Lynx (the anti fur trade organisation), Walker Books, Barclays Bank, the Glastonbury Festivals, Penguin Books, Radio Times, and The Body Shop.

Cinven

Cinven’s funding base originally came solely from three UK pension funds (British Coal, the Railway Industry and Barclays Bank) who remain as important investors.

Eaton, Norfolk

Shops and services at Eaton Village in 2010 comprised a post office, a Waitrose supermarket (containing a Boots pharmacy, Laura Ashley, and an estate agent), a veterinary surgery, Barclays bank, two financial advisors, another estate agents, an undertaker, two hairdressers, a dry cleaner, two pubs ('The Red Lion' and 'The Cellar House'), a Chinese/Thai takeaway and a coffee shop in the former HSBC bank.

Katine

Since October 2007, the sub-county has been the focus of a three-year aid programme, undertaken by AMREF, with funding from Barclays Bank and donations from readers of The Guardian newspaper, which is tracking the project.

Rhodri Philipps, 4th Viscount St Davids

In September 2010, the Viscount's West Sussex property, Strange Place, in Northchapel, was repossessed by Barclays Bank.

Tom McKillop

ABN chief executive Rijkman Groenink suspected RBS of acting in concert with the hedge fund Tosca, which was chaired by former RBS Chairman Mathewson and recommended the takeover bid of an RBS consortium, against the proposed merger with Barclays Bank.


see also

Barclays Investment Bank

Barclays Investment Bank (trading as Barclays, formerly Barclays Capital) is the investment banking division of the British multinational Barclays bank headquartered in London.

Clare McLaren-Throckmorton

Clare McLaren-Throckmorton's first marriage was to Alan George Tritton, CBE, DL, of Lyons Hall, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex, formerly director of Barclays Bank, High Sheriff of Essex 1992, CBE June 1999 for services to Anglo-Indial relations & preservation of the cultural heritage.

Edgar Pearce

The bombings targeted branches of Barclays Bank after he had a dispute with the bank and later Sainsbury's supermarkets, in the hope of obtaining money from each company.

Kapiri Mposhi

Most shops and businesses in Kapiri Mposhi can be found along the main road and include a bakery, Pep and Barclays bank.

Plan International Egypt

These activities have been carried out in Egypt in partnership with Barclays Bank and CARE (another NGO working in Egypt).

Wheatley, Oxfordshire

Wheatley has a post office, a branch of Barclays bank, an Asda supermarket, a Co-Op pharmacy, several shops in the High Street, and numerous village societies, including the Wheatley Society and a Village Produce Association which holds an annual show.