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- William Brooks Close (1853–1923) was a British businessman active in the Midwestern United States. He first arrived in the United States during the summer of 1876 to compete in a regatta in Philadelphia while he was the president of the Cambridge University Boat Club.
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William Brooks Close (1853–1923) was a British businessman active in the Midwestern United States. He first arrived in the United States during the summer of 1876 to compete in a regatta in Philadelphia while he was the president of the Cambridge University Boat Club.
Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. A FTSE250 company, we employ over 3,700 people, principally in the UK, and are listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Feb 15, 2024 · Close Brothers was founded in 1878 by then 25-year-old William Brooks Close and his brothers Fred and James, with the business initially focused on US investment.
May 6, 2011 · Close came to Skagway in 1899 to see the railroad and became an honorary member of the Arctic Brotherhood but he never lived here. He was related by marriage to Samuel Graves. William Close died in 1923 on the Isle of Wight.
Feb 15, 2024 · Close Brothers shares collapsed on Thursday after it cancelled its dividend for the current financial year and announced that 2025 payouts would be placed under review amid a City watchdog...
Among these was William Brooks, known as W.B., the sixth Close child, who was born in 1853. When W.B. was 12 years old, James Close died, and W.B. and his brothers were sent to school in England.
Oct 14, 2016 · William Brooks Close (1853), like his brother James was now able to indulge his interest in rowing, kindled in his student days at Cambridge. He built a substantial house, Huntercombe Manor, near Henley, the centre of British rowing, so that he could be involved with the rowing community.
