Dumbell's Bank

Dumbell's Bank was a bank in the Isle of Man. The bank's insolvency in 1900, known as Black Saturday and referred to in the Isle of Man as the Dumbell's Bank Crash, resulted in a run on the bank with many individuals losing their life savings and the ruin of numerous local businesses causing poverty, depression and bankruptcy. The effects were profound and lasted for a considerable number of years.

Dumbell's Bank
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1874 (1874)
HeadquartersDouglas, Isle of Man
Key people
George William Dumbell, Louis Geneste Howard, William Dumbell, Alured Dumbell, Charles Nelson, Alexander Bruce, John Shimmon, William Aldred, William Vincent Aldred, Ridgway Harrison, William Baring Stevenson, James Spittall
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