Barbon, Nicholas
Other Business Names:
- Insurance Office for Houses
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
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Construction
Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
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Property activities
Residential property development & management
Notes:
Dr Nicholas Barbon, c1640-c1698, was a leading London property developer / speculator who prospered in the building boom following the Fire of London. Was especially active in developing the area between the City of London and Westminster. As such he developed great wealth but also a scurrilous reputation. Was a pioneer of insurance, with others promoting the Insurance Office for Houses in c1680 [2023]
Publications:
- A speculative London builder of the seventeenth century. Dr Nicholas Barbon by Brett-James, Norman G
- Account of the Fire Insurance Companies, Associations, Institutions, Projects and Schemes Established and Projected in Great Britain and Ireland During the 17th and 18th Centuries Including the Sun Fire Office, Also of Charles Povey Established and Projected in Great Britain and Ireland during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries ... by Relton, Francis B
- Chapters of Insurance History. The origins and development of insurance in England by Haines, Frederick H
- Nicholas Barbon, Developing London, 1667-1698 by Kelsall, Frank, & Timothy Walker, with Sheila O'Connell (ed)
- Trust lands of the Fire Office by Sims, John M
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Insurance Office for Houses
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Insurance services exc insurance broking & agency
- Construction Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
- Property activities Residential property development & management
Notes:
Dr Nicholas Barbon, c1640-c1698, was a leading London property developer / speculator who prospered in the building boom following the Fire of London. Was especially active in developing the area between the City of London and Westminster. As such he developed great wealth but also a scurrilous reputation. Was a pioneer of insurance, with others promoting the Insurance Office for Houses in c1680 [2023]Publications:
- A speculative London builder of the seventeenth century. Dr Nicholas Barbon by Brett-James, Norman G
- Account of the Fire Insurance Companies, Associations, Institutions, Projects and Schemes Established and Projected in Great Britain and Ireland During the 17th and 18th Centuries Including the Sun Fire Office, Also of Charles Povey Established and Projected in Great Britain and Ireland during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries ... by Relton, Francis B
- Chapters of Insurance History. The origins and development of insurance in England by Haines, Frederick H
- Nicholas Barbon, Developing London, 1667-1698 by Kelsall, Frank, & Timothy Walker, with Sheila O'Connell (ed)
- Trust lands of the Fire Office by Sims, John M