Charles Savage (banker)

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Charles Savage was Governor of the Bank of England from 1745 to 1747. He had been Deputy Governor from 1743 to 1745. He replaced William Fawkener as Governor and was succeeded by Benjamin Longuet. [1]

Governor of the Bank of England senior position in the Bank of England

The Governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent grooming his or her successor. The Governor of the Bank of England is also Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee, with a major role in guiding national economic and monetary policy, and is therefore one of the most important public officials in the United Kingdom.

A Deputy Governor of the Bank of England is the holder of one of a small number of senior positions at the Bank of England, reporting directly to the Governor.

William Fawkener was Governor of the Bank of England from 1743 to 1745, having previously served as the Bank's Deputy Governor. He was son of another William Fawkener (1642–1716), a leading member of the Levant Company, and brother of Sir Everard Fawkener, who was also a merchant dealing in silk, before becoming Ambassador to the Sublime Porte between 1737 and 1744.

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  1. Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 12 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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