Wanstead

A proprietor then had a vote for every 500 pounds of stock that stood in his name.

It is asserted in the pamphlets of that age that five persons had a sixth part, and fourteen persons a third part of the votes more than one fortunate speculator was said to derive an annual income of ten thousand pounds from the monopoly and one great man was pointed out on the royal exchange as having by judicious or lucky purchases of stock created in no long time an estate of twenty thousand a year this commercial brandy who in wealth and in the influence which attends wealth vied with the greatest nobles of his time was sir josiah child there were those who still remembered him an apprentice sweeping one of the counting-houses of the city but from a humble position his abilities had raised him rapidly to opulence power and fame at the time of the restoration he was highly considered in the mercantile world soon after that event he published his thoughts on the philosophy of trade his speculations were not always sound but they were the speculations of an ingenious and reflecting man into whatever errors he may occasionally have fallen as a theorist it is certain that as a practical man of business he had few equals almost as soon as he became a member of the committee which directed the affairs of the company his ascendancy was felt soon many of the most important posts both in lenenhall street and in the factories of bombay and bengal were filled by his kinsmen and creatures his riches though expended with ostentatious profusion continued to increase and multiply He obtained a baronetcy, he purchased a stately seat at Wanstead, and there he laid out immense sums in excavating fishponds and in planting whole square miles of barren land with walnut trees.

He married his daughter to the eldest son of the Duke of Beaufort and paid down with her a portion of fifty thousand pounds.

But this wonderful prosperity was not uninterrupted.

Sponsored by Chumba Casino.

but while the interlopers were at a distance of many thousands of miles making war on the company in the name of the king the company and the king had been reconciled when the oxford parliament had been dissolved when many signs indicated that a strong reaction in favour of prerogative was at hand when all the corporations which had incurred the royal displeasure were beginning to tremble for their franchises a rapid and complete revolution took place at the india house childe who was then governor or in the modern phrase chairman separated himself from his old friends excluded them from the direction and negotiated a treaty of peace and of close alliance with the court it is not improbable that the near connection into which he had just entered with the great tory house of beaufort may have had something to do with his change in his politics papillon bernardastone and their adherents sold their stock their places in the committee were supplied by persons devoted to child and he was thenceforth the autocrat of the company The treasures of the company were absolutely at his disposal.

The most important papers of the company were kept not in the muniment room of the office in Leadenhall Street, but in his desk at Wanstead.

The boundless power which he exercised at the India House enabled him to become a favourite at Whitehall, and the favour which he enjoyed at Whitehall confirmed his power at the India House.

Probably J.H. Douglas sold the club.

And he moved the pitch to Wanstead.

To Wanstead, yeah.

The whole pitch went...

I was just kind of interested at the sort of the relationship between this bit of the world and Essex because actually technically I think we're in Middlesex but maybe when the main ground was at Leighton maybe it felt a bit close to

Who beat the Colts? I learned that the other day.

Jimmy Johnson or Wanstead?

Well, these are quarterbacks.

I don't know what you're answering, but these are quarterbacks.

And Popeyes, the first experience of Popeyes I had was actually in New Orleans.

And I'm wondering now how good the quality of the food was in New Orleans to it is wherever you've got it, which is clearly somewhere near Wanstead.

I'm going to have to try that out.

the best music from your favorite artists hi rockers this is billy idol