Royal Exchange, London
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The Royal Exchange is a building in central London, built to house the London Stock Exchange, which now operates elsewhere. Today, the Royal Exchange contains restaurants and luxury shops.
The west façade of the Royal Exchange from the Bank junction
The original Royal Exchange in an engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar
The second Royal Exchange by Alain Manesson Mallet in 1683
The Royal Exchange from Corn Hill by Thomas Bowles in 1781
Thomas Gresham
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Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I and Elizabeth I. In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exc
Royal Exchange, London
…which now operates elsewhere. Today, the Royal Exchange contains restaurants and luxury shops. It was founded in the 16th century by the merchant Sir Thomas Gresham on the suggestion of his factor Richard Clough to act as a centre of commerce for the City of London. The site was provided by the City of London…
Portrait of Thomas Gresham, aged approximately 41. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
18th century engraving of Sir Thomas Gresham
Gresham's bust at Stowe School
Gresham's initials "TG" and date 1563 with his golden grasshopper emblem, serving as the sign of a bank in Lombard Street, the historic centre of banking in the City of London