The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China was a bank incorporated in London in 1853 by Scotsman James Wilson, under a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria.
A 2008 stamp dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Standard Chartered Bank of India
Former Hong Kong branch c.1908
Standard Chartered Bank Building
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A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
…Australia and China (informally The Chartered Bank; Chinese: 印度新金山中國渣打銀行) was a bank incorporated in London in 1853 by Scotsman James Wilson, under a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria. Though lacking a truly strong domestic network in Britain, it was influential in the development of British colonial trade throughout…
Charter granted by King George IV in 1827, establishing King's College, Toronto, now the University of Toronto
Coloured engraving by H. D. Smith, commemorating the grant of a charter in 1829 to King's College, London
The McGill University Arts Building in Montreal, Quebec
Stauffer Library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario