Nathaniel Tench

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Nathaniel Tench (died 1710) [1] was Governor of the Bank of England from 1699 to 1701. He had been Deputy Governor from 1697 to 1699. He replaced William Scawen and was succeeded by John Ward. [2]

Tench became a landowner in Leyton. [3] A monument to him was placed on the north wall of St Mary's Church, Leyton. [4] On his estate, his son Sir Fisher Tench, 1st Baronet built a mansion, Leyton Great House, demolished 1905. [5]

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  1. ↑ "Tench, Fisher (c.1673-1736), of Low Leyton, Essex and Hatton Garden, Mdx. History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  2. ↑ Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Leyton: Manors and estates, British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
  4. ↑ Kennedy, John (1894). A History of the Parish of Leyton, Essex ... Phelp brothers. p. 35.
  5. ↑ Cherry, Bridget; Bradley, Simon; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1 January 2005). London: East. Yale University Press. p. 30. ISBN   978-0-300-10701-2.
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1699 – 1701		Succeeded by


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