14 APRIL 1928, Page 30

In consequence of the death - of 1VIr. Michael Spencer Smith

and the retirement of Sir Henry Cosmo Bonsor there are two vacancies to be filled on the Court of the Bank of England at the election next week. _Two excellent selections have been made by the Directors toll the vacancies. By the nomination of Mr. Charles Jocelyn Hambro, the cnnnexion between the House of Hambros and the Bank of England which existed for so many years, and which was only interrupted by the death of the late Sir Everard Hambro, is revived, and Mr. Charles ?amino, thegrandson of Sir Everard, will undoubtedly make a good Director. Even greater ,interest, however, has been taken in the selection of Sir Josiah Stamp to fill the second vacancy on the Court.

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