Edward Payne (banker)

Edward Payne was Governor of the Bank of England from 1771 to 1773. He had been Deputy Governor from 1769 to 1771. He replaced William Cooper as Governor and was succeeded by James Sperling.[1] Payne's tenure as Governor occurred during the Bengal bubble crash (1757–1769) and the Crisis of 1772.

  1. ^ Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013. Archived here. Retrieved 6 March 2016.