Jeremiah Harman was chief of a family known in the commercial world for nearly a century, and highly esteemed both in England and abroad.
11 Facts About Jeremiah Harman
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Jeremiah Harman was the principal partner of the very old standing family business, Jeremiah Harman and Co.
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Jeremiah Harman was director of the Bank of England from 1794 to 1827; embracing the eventful period of the restriction of cash payments, and all the great financial and political difficulties of England.
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Jeremiah Harman was much consulted by William Pitt the Younger and Lord Liverpool on all questions of moment; and gave evidence of the most important character before the Bullion Committee of 1810; before the Committees on the resumption of Cash Payments, in 1819; on the Bank Charter Committee, in 1832 which formed the basis for the Bank of England's Bank Charter Act 1833; and on other investigations of similar character and importance.
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Jeremiah Harman was a key figure in history for his sound judgment in implementing policy changes for dealing with financial crises.
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Jeremiah Harman retired shortly after the Panic of 1825 in 1827 from the position of director.
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Jeremiah Harman's efforts were so valued that the thanks of the General Court were unanimously voted to him for his long and valuable services.
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Jeremiah Harman is known to be a promenade figure who supported abolition as he was a subscriber of the London Committee for the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade since its initial publication.
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Jeremiah Harman was well distinguished for his love and knowledge of the best works of the ancient masters; he was a kind friend to many modern artists.
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Jeremiah Harman kept nearly two miles of pleasure gardens there "upon which the most fastidious eye might have satisfactorily gazed".
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Jeremiah Harman was a member and trustee of the Society of Friends of Foreigners In Distress.