Palmer, John, & Co

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  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading co & agency house activities

Notes:

Traced origins to the leading agency house of Burgh & Barber of Calcutta which John Palmer, 1767-1836, merchant, joined as a partner in 1803. Renamed John Palmer & Co in 1810. Developed by him into a powerful agency house which collapse in 1830, precipitated a major financial crisis in India. Connected with the London house of Palmer, Wilson & Co and with John Horsley Palmer, 1779-1858, sometime Governor of the Bank of England

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