1. Sir John Houblon was an English merchant and banker who served as the first governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697.
10 Facts About John Houblon
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John Houblon was the third son of James Houblon, a London merchant, and his wife, Mary Du Quesne, daughter of Jean Du Quesne, the younger.
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The Houblon family were Huguenots from Lille and he later became an elder in the French Protestant Church of London in Threadneedle Street.
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John Houblon's older brother, James, an influential merchant and Member of Parliament for the City of London, was a director of the Bank of England.
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John Houblon became Sheriff of the City of London in 1689, an Alderman from 1689 to 1712, and Master of the Grocer's Company from 1690 to 1691.
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John Houblon was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1694 to 1699.
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John Houblon was again a Bank of England director from 1700, and a director of the New East India Company from 1700 to 1701.
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John Houblon stood as a Parliamentary candidate for the City of London in 1701, but was defeated.
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The John Houblon note ceased to be legal tender on 30 April 2014.
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John Houblon married Mary Jurin in 1660, who came from a Flemish Protestant family and they had five sons and six daughters, but only two sons survived their father.