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- ↑ Apart from Frederick Huth & Co the other members of the consortium were Robert Benson & Co., Samuel Dobree & Sons, Frühling & Göschen, Heath & Co, George Peabody and Stern Brothers.
- ↑ John Orbell/ Alison Turton: "British Banking - A Guide to Hosiorical Records", Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot 2001, pp.292, ISBN 0-7546-0295-8
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- ↑ John Orbell/ Alison Turton: "British Banking - A Guide To Historical Records", Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot 2001, p.286-287, ISBN 0-7546-0295-8