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The British Government Tontines, Part One

In: The Role of Tontines, 1750–1800

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  • Kent McKeever

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After the disastrous first government tontine, the Million Act of 1693, the British government shied away from attempting another tontine until 1757. That was virtually ignored by the market and the public. A second attempt in 1765 also failed. In the 1770s, the Irish Government issued Tontines in 1773, 1775, and 1778, all of which sold out, primarily to London investors, although the 1778 on notoriously attracted Genevan investors who created derivatives among themselves to gain maximum benefit. The last survivor of the 1778 Tontine died around 1870.

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  • Kent McKeever, 2026. "The British Government Tontines, Part One," Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance, in: The Role of Tontines, 1750–1800, chapter 7, pages 117-131, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:psitcp:978-3-032-12849-2_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-12849-2_7
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