2 Quotes & Sayings By James Northcote
James Northcote was born in 1714 in Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Cambridge University, where he studied law. After being admitted to the English Bar in 1740, he returned to his estate near York and practiced law. In 1749 he moved to London, where he became a director of the Bank of England and a member of Parliament (1774–75)
Northcote's position as a director of the bank was secured through his marriage to the sister of the Bank's founder, William Lowndes. When Lowndes died in 1791 James Northcote was appointed the bank's sole director; he served in that capacity until his death in 1807.