William Paterson

Scottish trader and banker

1658 CE to 1719 CE

Sir William Paterson (born April, 1658 in Tinwald, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland - died in Westminster, London, on 22 January 1719) was a Scottish trader and banker.

He was one of the founders of the Bank of England and was one of the main proponents of the catastrophic Darien Scheme.

Later he became an advocate of Union with England.

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