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14 unusual facts about Royal Exchange


Abi Morgan

She wrote plays for the Royal Exchange Studio Theatre Manchester, the Royal Lyceum Theatre and the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

Arthur Haworth

In 1902 he was appointed a director of the Manchester Royal Exchange, and in 1909 chairman of the board.

Broseley Estates Limited

In 1960 the various development companies were merged into the Broseley Investment Company, with Royal Exchange holding 26%.

Broseley Estates Limited, also referred to as Broseley Homes, was formed by Danny Horrocks after an amalgamation of developers and was controlled for most of its history by the insurance company Royal Exchange.

Dissenting academies

In 1730, the King's Head Society was founded by laymen in London (after the pub behind the Royal Exchange at which they met) who were dissatisfied with the management of the Congregational Fund Board.

Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

It is then read out by the Common Crier (aka Mace-bearer) of the City on the steps of the Royal Exchange in the heart of the City, having been handed to him by the Common Serjeant of the City, ahead of its being also read out in the London boroughs.

Futures exchange

The London Metal Market and Exchange Company (London Metal Exchange) was founded in 1877, but the market traces its origins back to 1571 and the opening of the Royal Exchange, London.

Harrys of London

2012 saw a continuation of retail expansion; a third London store opened at London’s historic Royal Exchange, a second store in Kuwait at the iconic Al Hamra Tower as well as a second United Arab Emirates store at LEVEL Shoe District in the Dubai Mall.

Princes Channel Wreck

However the more popular name of Gresham Ship was introduced when the guns on board the vessel revealed a grasshopper insignia, which was the motif made by Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange.

Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation

It took its name from the location of its offices at the Royal Exchange, London.

Royal Exchange, London

During the 17th century, stockbrokers were not allowed in the Royal Exchange because of their rude manners, hence they had to operate from other establishments in the vicinity, such as Jonathan's Coffee-House.

The design was inspired by a bourse Gresham had seen in Antwerp, Belgium, and was Britain's first specialist commercial building.

Tom Husband

During his tenure at Salford he was a Director at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, a Council Member of the Engineering Council, a member of the Manchester Steering Group for the Commonwealth Games and a Trustee of the Granada Foundation.

Weaste

Friedrich worked for the factory in its offices near the Royal Exchange in Manchester.


City Music Society

The City Music Society was formed in 1943, influenced by lunchtime concerts organised by Hilda Bor at the Royal Exchange and by Myra Hess at the National Gallery.

Gresham, Norfolk

The village is also the ancestral home of the famous Norfolk family of Gresham, whose members included Sir John Gresham, founder of Gresham's School, and Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of Gresham College and the Royal Exchange.

Metropolitan Buildings Office

Buildings in this category included royal palaces, bridges, embankments, wharves, gaols and prisons, the Mansion House, the Guildhall, the Royal Exchange, the British Museum and Covent Garden Market.

Nude with Violin

In Coward's centenary year, 1999, the play was mounted at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, starring Derek Griffiths as Sebastien, Marcia Warren as the hoaxer's widow, Tamzin Malleson as his forthright daughter, and Nick Caldecott as the young journalist.