Fathers Bank

During the Napoleonic wars the Bank in which my father was Cashier, was in a very prosperous condition, but after the battle of Waterloo, when the majority of the troops were disbanded, its landed property was so depreciated in value that the Bank became insolvent - The assignees appointed my father their secretary and it was not until the bankruptcy court was established in London about 1830 that the last dividend was declared - My father then entered the newer bank known as Grant and Carters where he remained for several years, and was pensioned off in his old age, as a good and faithful servant.