Jonathan took over the family’s banking business from his father, also called Jonathan. The bank helped to finance the Stockton & Darlington Railway, which brought them into conflict with the Earl of Darlington of Raby Castle who objected to the disruption of his fox hunting.
In an attempt to bankrupt Backhouse’s bank, and with it end the development of the railway, in 1819 the Earl secretly plotted to present a huge number of Backhouse bank notes at one time and demand them to be exchanged for gold. Jonathan got wind of the plot and raced to London to gather as much gold as possible from his fellow Quaker businessmen. Rushing back to Darlington his carriage lost a wheel near Croft Bridge but he managed to redistribute the weight of gold so that he could continue on three wheels. Arriving back at the bank on High Row just in time, he was able to exchange the bank notes delivered by the Earl’s agent for gold in full, exclaiming that if his master wanted to sell Raby Castle he would pay for it with the same metal.
Jonathan lived with his wife Hannah Chapman Gurney (from the wealthy Gurney banking family of Norwich) at Polam Hall. Together they undertook missionary work, travelling extensively around England and America.
In an attempt to bankrupt Backhouse’s bank, and with it end the development of the railway, in 1819 the Earl secretly plotted to present a huge number of Backhouse bank notes at one time and demand them to be exchanged for gold. Jonathan got wind of the plot and raced to London to gather as much gold as possible from his fellow Quaker businessmen. Rushing back to Darlington his carriage lost a wheel near Croft Bridge but he managed to redistribute the weight of gold so that he could continue on three wheels. Arriving back at the bank on High Row just in time, he was able to exchange the bank notes delivered by the Earl’s agent for gold in full, exclaiming that if his master wanted to sell Raby Castle he would pay for it with the same metal.
Jonathan lived with his wife Hannah Chapman Gurney (from the wealthy Gurney banking family of Norwich) at Polam Hall. Together they undertook missionary work, travelling extensively around England and America.
Jonathan took over the family’s banking business from his father, also called Jonathan. The bank helped to finance the Stockton & Darlington Railway, which brought them into conflict with the Earl of Darlington of Raby Castle who objected to the disruption of his fox hunting.
In an attempt to bankrupt Backhouse’s bank, and with it end the development of the railway, in 1819 the Earl secretly plotted to present a huge number of Backhouse bank notes at one time and demand them to be exchanged for gold. Jonathan got wind of the plot and raced to London to gather as much gold as possible from his fellow Quaker businessmen. Rushing back to Darlington his carriage lost a wheel near Croft Bridge but he managed to redistribute the weight of gold so that he could continue on three wheels. Arriving back at the bank on High Row just in time, he was able to exchange the bank notes delivered by the Earl’s agent for gold in full, exclaiming that if his master wanted to sell Raby Castle he would pay for it with the same metal.
Jonathan lived with his wife Hannah Chapman Gurney (from the wealthy Gurney banking family of Norwich) at Polam Hall. Together they undertook missionary work, travelling extensively around England and America.
In an attempt to bankrupt Backhouse’s bank, and with it end the development of the railway, in 1819 the Earl secretly plotted to present a huge number of Backhouse bank notes at one time and demand them to be exchanged for gold. Jonathan got wind of the plot and raced to London to gather as much gold as possible from his fellow Quaker businessmen. Rushing back to Darlington his carriage lost a wheel near Croft Bridge but he managed to redistribute the weight of gold so that he could continue on three wheels. Arriving back at the bank on High Row just in time, he was able to exchange the bank notes delivered by the Earl’s agent for gold in full, exclaiming that if his master wanted to sell Raby Castle he would pay for it with the same metal.
Jonathan lived with his wife Hannah Chapman Gurney (from the wealthy Gurney banking family of Norwich) at Polam Hall. Together they undertook missionary work, travelling extensively around England and America.
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