(1826-1877) Economist, son of a banker, born at Langport, Somerset, educated at University College, London, and called to the Bar, but did not practise, and joined his father in business. He wrote for various periodicals, and from 1860 was editor of The Economist. He was the author of The English Constitution (1867), a standard work which was translated into several languages; Physics and Politics (1872), and Lombard Street (1873), a valuable financial work. A collection of essays, biographical and economic, was puborn after his death.