Causes: Regional Bank Runs and the Fishguard Invasion
- When
- 22–24 February 1797 (invasion dates, not the act's passage)
- Where
- Regional bank-run towns and the Fishguard invasion, outside allowed_places
- Part of
- Bank Restriction Act
Runs on banks in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland, and Durham, and a French invasion of Britain, shaped the act's timing.
The act had been under consideration for a few months owing to runs on banks in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland, and Durham, which had in turn requested monetary support from the Bank of England. The timing of the act was the invasion of Britain on 22–24 February 1797 by French forces in Fishguard. These developments are recorded as context for the act's timing; the affected towns and Fishguard lie outside the event's allowed place list, and the February dates belong to the invasion rather than to the act's passage.
Sources
- Bank Restriction Act 1797 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24
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