A nation panics. Closure of the banks and the 1825 aftershock.
Following the French Wars, Britain’s future should have been full of confidence: “The half century from 1775 to 1825 saw the …
Tag Archives: William Henry Baldock
Living with Commercial Distress in 1826
The collapse of many banks was inevitable in a fragile and unregulated financial world. The country was still coming to …
A fatal riot near Canterbury
West Kent Guardian – Saturday 02 June 1838: It will be recollected that a person representing himself as Sir William …
The collapse of the Canterbury Union Bank. The fall of the Baldock empire.
On October 8th 1841 the Canterbury Union Bank went into receivership. All three partners were liable for the massive debts …
William Henry Baldock: High Sheriff of Kent 1818. Banker 1830. Bankrupt 1841.
William Henry Baldock was a nephew of William the smuggler. His father was Richard Baldock and his mother, Mary Hobday, …
William Henry Baldock joins the 1841 Canterbury Election revelries
In the 1841 UK general election, Sir Robert Peel’s Conservatives took control of the House of Commons. The Whigs lost …
The fine House at Petham
The peak of William Baldock’s success was embodied in the House at Petham. It was designed on such a grand …
‘Hear!’ ‘Hear!’ A heady night with Mr Baldock, the smuggler, at the Grand Conservative Gathering 1838
“At eight o’clock the room was filled, and shortly after that hour the President of the Conservative Club, Dr. Chisholm, …
