Charles Geach (1808 – 1 November 1854) was an English businessman, industrialist, banker and politician of the early to mid-19th century, strongly associated with banking and manufacturing interests.
Geach was born in St Austell, Cornwall,[1] and through family connections in Penryn secured a junior position at the Bank of England.
[3] Almost simultaneously, however, when local businessmen believed the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank needed a rival they approached then 28-year-old Geach to be its first general manager.
[2] He also invested in Isambard Kingdom Brunel's iron ship, The SS Great Eastern, and was an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1850.
Politically a Whig, Geach was a strenuous supporter of free trade doctrines and the Anti-Corn Law League, and was regarded as liberal in tendency.