GILBART

James William . b. London 21 March 1794; clerk in a London bank 1813; cashier in a Birmingham office 1825–7; manager of branches of Provincial Bank of Ireland at Kilkenny and Water ford 1829–33; general manager of London and Westminster bank 1833–59 when he retired on pension of £1600, bank opened 10 March 1834; F.R.S. 18 June 1846; author of A practical treatise on banking 1827, 6 ed. 1856; The history and principles of banking 1834 and 14 other books republished in 6 vols. 1865. d. Brompton crescent, London 8 Aug. 1863. J. W. Gilbart’s Practical treatise on banking , vol. i (1856), portrait ; Drawing room portrait gallery of eminent personages, 3rd series (1860), portrait .