Haverfordwest Bank
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Haverfordwest Bank is a defunct Welsh bank which was located in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. It was established in the 18th century by a Jewish entrepreneur who settled in Wales.
The bank was founded by Samuel Levi Phillips (c.1730-1812),[1] who arrived with his brother, Moses Levi Philips, in Haverfordwest in the middle of the eighteenth century. Their ancestral home was the city of Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany.[1] They adopted the surname Phillips, after being befriended by a gentleman of that name in Haverfordwest, and were baptized in St Mary's Church, Haverfordwest, in 1755/1756.[2] Samuel Levi Phillips married twice and had nine children. The marriages and children’s baptisms are recorded at St. Mary’s Church. His second son, Nathaniel Phillips, succeeded in the banking business.[2]
The date of establishment of the bank is unknown, but it was in existence in 1817 and was operated by the firm of S. L. Phillips, Son, & Co., and was thereafter operated by the firm of Nathaniel Phillips.[2]
The bank was located in High Street, Haverfordwest.[2]
Connection with Milford and Pembrokeshire Bank
Samuel Levi Philips bequeathed to his first son, Philip, the sum of £1000 ‘advanced as my part of the capital joint stock in the new Milford Bank, as one of the co-partners therein.’ The bank was probably the Milford and Pembrokeshire Bank.[2]