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Barclays Bank
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One of the main *clearing banks, formed by the merging of more than 20 banks in 1896. The largest of them derived originally from the firm of John Freame, a goldsmith in London's *Lombard Street, whose son-in-law Robert Barclay joined the business in 1736.
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