Rules and Orders to be Observed by the Clerks of the Bank of England
Tilden, H. [Secretary since 1917 and Assistant Secretary from 1911] The Bank of England.
(Book #ID 102703)
Printed in House at the Bank of England 1921. 1921.
Original carmine red cloth over thin flexible stitched card covers, gilt title lettering to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 6½''. Contents in old letter style, 2pp the Governor's charge to the Clerks on their election, [blank], title, [blank], 11pp 29 rules of engagement all with their Roman numerals, followed by post script explanation of the Rules and Orders. The clauses giving reason for dismissal are off the scale - including one for divorce, giving explicit elaboration for their reasoning behind it. 'The Governors have so often had before them cases of great distress arising from early or imprudent marriages on the part of the younger Clerks, that they think it necessary to warn them earnestly against such a course. They leave the question to the judgement of those whom it concerns; but if embarrassment, as is almost sure to be the case, arises from imprudent conduct in this respect, the Court have decided that they will afford no pecuniary relief, and Clerks must bear in mind that irretrievable embarrassment, from whatever cause, involves the loss of their position'. Opposite, final page 'pursuant to the Court of Directors of the 11th December 1884, followed by several later dates ending 'and the 28th April, 1921'. If Governor, I would not want this on the market, attracting derision via media etc. particularly in days of BLM, plus of course, the now ensuing English history figures iconoclast. This was of course shortly after devastation in UK population plus economic slump as result of WWI, and the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu Pandemic. In very near Fine condition with very minor spots to the end sheets. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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