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...Barclay's Bank, Lloyd's Bank, London County and Westminster and Parr's Bank London Joint City and Midland Bank, National Provincial and Union Bank of England...
Reginald McKenna, liberal member of Parliament and Chairman of the London Joint City and Midland Bank, informed Premier Baldwin that he would not be able to assume the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, at present held with the Premiership by Mr. Baldwin...
...McKinney, E. L. '12. b. Midland Limited, Threadneedle street, London. c. "Caronia," July 1. d. Fishguard. e. London, July 8-13; Paris, July 26-30; Geneva, Aug. 1-2; Interlaken, Aug. 5-6; Lucerne, Aug. 8-9. f. Liverpool, "Mauretania...
...growth; it grew by a series of revisions. In the Anglo-Saxon times large parts of the Bible were translated into the three dialects that the language was divided into in England. Wickliffe, who made the first translation in what may be called modern times, translated into the Midland dialect, the dialect of Chaucer. Others helped him in the task, but he probably translated most of the New Testament; and it was finished in 1384. Tyndale's translation was the next, and his was the result of the Reformation. His translation was very thorough, for he was a good Greek...
James Russel Lowell has accepted the presidency of the Birmingham and Midland Institute for the ensuing year...