Talk:John Hanger (banker)

Requested move 26 October 2018

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The result of the move request was: moved. Uncontroversial, can be carried out WP:BOLDly. (closed by non-admin page mover) feminist (talk) 07:06, 28 October 2018 (UTC)

– Eliminating uppercase over-precise job title per MOS:JOBTITLES and WP:PRECISE / WP:CONCISE, and consistency with other members of Category:Governors of the Bank of England. —BarrelProof (talk) 03:20, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
 * John Hanger (Bank of England Governor) → John Hanger (banker)
 * John Bowden (Bank of England Governor) → John Bowden (banker)
 * Robert Marsh (Bank of England Governor) → Robert Marsh (banker)
 * William Ewer (Bank of England Governor) → William Ewer (banker)
 * Support. Per nom. ~  Araratic  &#124; talk  06:21, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:CONCISE. Joseph2302 (talk) 06:27, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
 * The first page was moved few hours after this request was added, should it be reverted? Flooded  with them hundreds 17:45, 27 October 2018 (UTC)


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South Sea Company
Is it correct to describe him / the BoE as "closely involved in the financing of the South Sea Company"?

AIUI, his involvement in financing the company was relatively unimportant (it was already pulling in money from everywhere and didn't need it) – although sizable (>£200,000 in his name, albeit the Bank's money) this was not a major proportion of the total. Where Hanger's involvement really became important was when the Bubble burst, and Hanger had to find a way to use the resources of the Bank in order to limit the ramifications of the collapse across Britain generally. It would thus be better to phrase this (and expand it generally) as, "involved in recovery after the collapse of the SSC", or somesuch. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:12, 3 November 2018 (UTC)