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Alexander Sheafe

banker; (c1700-1765)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 27, 2024
Entity authorityQ22908707 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alexander Sheafe was the Governor of the Bank of England from 1752 to 1754. He had been Deputy Governor from 1750 to 1752. He replaced William Hunt as Governor and was succeeded by Charles Palmer.

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The public source identifies “Alexander Sheafe” as banker; (c1700-1765). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Alexander, Sheafe and banker.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1752, 1754, 1750—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Alexander, Sheafe and banker providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Alexander Sheafe” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.