William George Pullinger
b. 1811
Chief cashier with the Union Bank of London. Exposed in 1860 for having embezzled £263,000 from the bank and was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. Transported to Australia. May have died at Bathurst, New South Wales, in 1876.
Sources
Banking almanac 1861
England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 2 February 2018)
New South Wales, Australia, registers of coroners’ inquests, 1821–1937 (Ancestry.com, accessed 5 February 2018)
Western Australia, Australia, convict records, 1846–1930 (Ancestry.com, accessed 2 February 2018)
Bibliography
Banking almanac: The banking almanac, directory, yearbook and diary. London: Richard Groombridge; Waterlow & Sons. 1845–1919.
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