Thomas Joplin

Thomas Joplin (1790?–1847) was an English timber merchant and banker, resident in Newcastle upon Tyne, notable as an early and persistent promoter of the concept of the joint stock bank.

[1] He was born about 1790 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the second son of the timber merchant Thomas Joplin, who died in 1808.

[2][3] In 1824 the Provincial Bank of Ireland was formed in London, and Joplin became actively concerned in its management.

[2] Joplin helped to establish banks at Lancaster, Huddersfield, Bradford, Manchester and elsewhere.

[2] Joplin published at Newcastle in 1822 An Essay on the General Principles and Present Practices of Banking in England and Scotland; with Observations upon the Justice and Policy of an immediate Alteration in the Charter of the Bank of England, and the Measures to be pursued in order to effect it.