John White Cater

Reportedly the mainspring behind the formation of the London & Brazilian Bank c. 1862.

A predecessor firm of Lloyds.

1. Formation of London & Brazilian Bank 1862.  
2. Abortive merger 1865 with Banco Maua of Brazil  [and linkages of Baron of Maua with English firms financing slave-trading 'behind the facade of imports and exports': Carruthers & Co.; Mackay, Miller & Co., Hogg, Adam & Co., and 'Andrew and Edward'.]

https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/49348d0b-a19f-3ecf-9d5b-c8bee0a1b948

1. Geoffrey Jones, Banks and money: international and comparative finance in history, pp. 40-1.

2. Carlos Gabriel Guimaraes 'Banks, economics and power during the second reign: the Sociedade Bancaria Maua, MacGregor & Cia. 1854-1866', http://www.h-net.org/~business/bhcweb/publications/BEHprint/v026n2/p0381-p0392.pdf