About William Fawkener
William Fawkener was a British banker.
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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British banker
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