Walter mainly does his bank management work from London
after becoming editor of The Economist following the death of its owner, his father in law, James Wilson
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Walter Bagehot gives up his law career in London
to return to Langport and joins the Bank. Soon he becomes Secretary to the Committees of Management in Langport and Bristol
Another Vincent Stuckey, formerly Vincent Stuckey Wood,
joins the Bank and is soon made a Director. Thomas Watson Bagehot retires due to ill-health
The various Stuckey banking businesses merge to form Stuckey’s Banking Company,
with Vincent as its first Chairman. It is only the second joint stock bank in the country
Thomas Watson Bagehot,
Vincent’s brother in law and Walter Bagehot’s father, becomes a partner in the Bank and acts as managing director for many years
The banking business, S & G Stuckey & Co
also known as Langport Bank, is separated from the merchant business of Stuckey & Bagehot. They also take over or establish banks in Bridgwater and Bristol
George’s son Vincent
formerly a Treasury official and private secretary to the PM, Pitt the Younger, returns to Langport to join the Bank
Samuel Stuckey
starts offering banking services at Bank House as part of his general business