As in Yes Prime Minister; "Phillips Berenson had broken the basic rule of the City. Which was .. that if you are incompetent you have to be honest, and if you are crooked you have to be clever. The ideal City firm was both honest and clever, but these were in short supply."
Brilliant film. Had to pause part way through to research Witley Park, Surrey ("Wait what??? Did he just say an underwater conservatory?") but resumed for more shenanigans of unscrupulous men with too much money! Thanks Jago... very enjoyable.
I’ve been to Witley Park a number of times this year through work, the estate is a now fraction of its former size but is still out of this world. I never knew the tube connection despite looking up Whittaker Wright when i first went there.
A scoundrel by every account. Interestingly there’s a pub opposite Baker Street station called the Globe that I used to frequent when I worked in Dorset Square - I wonder if the name is connected to his company.
Missed this somehow when it first came out, so great to have the link from the Edgware Road video celebrating Jago's 100K. Thank you Jago, you probably only had 10K then!
I never knew I had such a profound interest in the Tube until I came across your channel, I've been listening to your videos for the last few days virtually all day. Excellent content, keep it up!
There’s something about people called Wright…! Incidentally, did you ever read The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope? A fabulous story of people like Yerkes and Wright!
Two reminders of Yes Prime Minister here. The first being Sir Humphrey's rapid exit after a meeting. "Another vital meeting?" "Yes, England are 73 for 4". The other being "Phillips Berenson had broken the basic rule of the City. Which was .. that if you are incompetent you have to be honest, and if you are crooked you have to be clever. The ideal City firm was both honest and clever, but these were in short supply."
To add further to this tale... Remember Witley Park? With the underwater conservatory? Not that long ago a Rich American owner of part of the park got annoyed with the people trespassing to look at the Conservatory. He got scared (allegedly) and shot a local boy who wasn't even in the grounds. The lad survived, the American didn't do any time. Meanwhile I thought 'there but for the grace of', being a local lad in the pre-Internet (and thus pre-Urbexers focusing on single spots) years when wandering round the park uninvited was a 'rite of passage' for even well behaved lads like myself.
Being a native of the Philadelphia area, I have to wonder if Wright came here to speculate in silver mining companies not because of the local silver mines (we have none that I have ever known of), but because Philadelphia was (and still is) the location of the primary United States Mint...starting to realize that Jago REALLY needs a staff historian of some kind...
The Wikipedia page for Whitaker Wright says the same thing - it is possible for a mining company to be headquartered in one place for expeditious reasons - aren't there a lot of US companies registered in Delaware (or used to be) for tax benefits?
@@RichardWatt Not exactly, or at least not that I am aware of. Delaware was known for its lack of a sales tax. So high ticket items like cars, jewelry, etc. tended to have outlets right on the PA, DE, NJ border. But not so much these days. The only major company directly associated with Delaware for as long as I can remember is DuPont.
Mark Daywalt Jr. Not quite true. Payment processor companies such as Stripe have software and on boarding processes specifically designed to help entrepreneurs to incorporate in Delaware. Look around any business forum and Delaware will crop up sooner rather than later.
@@thomasm1964 Not quite true. Delaware has been a favourite place for corporations to form for many decades, long before the internet, or even corporate formation "software" became available, because of favourable local law and courts/ court decisions, combined with some of the off-shore secrecy benefits similar to forming your corporation in an off-shore centre such as the Cayman Islands, BVI, Bermuda, _etc._ If you want to sue a corporation registered in Delaware, you will need deep pockets, and more than a little luck. Once Delaware became a favourite place for forming corporations the lawyers and financiers set up shop there too, and so now if you have any business that seeks to provide services related to the creation and set up of new corporations, then Delaware is the place to base your business.
I would suggest that Jago does pretty well with his research on history. Remember, unless you were there, history is only as accurate as the accounts you're reading/listening to. It doesn't follow that, even if there was no silver mining in the area, there were no mining companies based there. There are many more reasons to base yourself somewhere, as is still seen today in places such as Milton Keynes. Don't be so quick to criticise.
Rapidly making my way through all your vids and loving every single one
Excellent! I do thank you!
Same here!
@@brucethomas1720 Yep, me too - working backwards for some reson too.😁
welcome!
I am doing exactly the same thing and loving every one of them.
"If you are going to be dishonest, you better be good at it" whispered Elim Garak to Cisco
I thought the same thing!
As in Yes Prime Minister; "Phillips Berenson had broken the basic rule of the City. Which was .. that if you are incompetent you have to be honest, and if you are crooked you have to be clever. The ideal City firm was both honest and clever, but these were in short supply."
Whitley Park burned down in 1952 with only the farm remaining. Near godalming and haslemere,surrey
I love the stories of the disrectables and crooks who built London’s underground 😊
Brilliant film. Had to pause part way through to research Witley Park, Surrey ("Wait what??? Did he just say an underwater conservatory?") but resumed for more shenanigans of unscrupulous men with too much money! Thanks Jago... very enjoyable.
Thank you!
I’ve been to Witley Park a number of times this year through work, the estate is a now fraction of its former size but is still out of this world. I never knew the tube connection despite looking up Whittaker Wright when i first went there.
This channel is just brilliant.
Thanks!
You were ahead of the game!
A scoundrel by every account. Interestingly there’s a pub opposite Baker Street station called the Globe that I used to frequent when I worked in Dorset Square - I wonder if the name is connected to his company.
Missed this somehow when it first came out, so great to have the link from the Edgware Road video celebrating Jago's 100K. Thank you Jago, you probably only had 10K then!
I never knew I had such a profound interest in the Tube until I came across your channel, I've been listening to your videos for the last few days virtually all day. Excellent content, keep it up!
Thanks!
There’s something about people called Wright…!
Incidentally, did you ever read The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope? A fabulous story of people like Yerkes and Wright!
I would have pressed the like button anyway but it was sat at 666 and that brought out the little devil in me.
Had to wait until 5:36 for "that other dubious chap" to be mentioned.
Up until the last minute of the story I thought Whitaker Wright had that knack of being in the wright place at the wright time! Alas No!
"If you're going to be dishonest, you better be good at it." That's no lie!
Two reminders of Yes Prime Minister here. The first being Sir Humphrey's rapid exit after a meeting. "Another vital meeting?" "Yes, England are 73 for 4". The other being "Phillips Berenson had broken the basic rule of the City. Which was .. that if you are incompetent you have to be honest, and if you are crooked you have to be clever. The ideal City firm was both honest and clever, but these were in short supply."
To add further to this tale...
Remember Witley Park? With the underwater conservatory?
Not that long ago a Rich American owner of part of the park got annoyed with the people trespassing to look at the Conservatory. He got scared (allegedly) and shot a local boy who wasn't even in the grounds.
The lad survived, the American didn't do any time.
Meanwhile I thought 'there but for the grace of', being a local lad in the pre-Internet (and thus pre-Urbexers focusing on single spots) years when wandering round the park uninvited was a 'rite of passage' for even well behaved lads like myself.
How did I know Yerkes was going to be involved somehow?
That is really good advice.
Witley park is now owned by a very rich Russian an is undergoing a massive restoration including the underwater conservatory.
5:00 Theodore Roosevelt was part of his legal team.
Everybody in this story looks like Theodore Roosevelt.
Not so much Whitaker Wright as Whitaker ItLooksLikeI'veScrewedUpThisTime.
'Ere, doesn't that Jago Hazzard fella sound like John Finnimore off the radio?
A bit, but not really
Being a native of the Philadelphia area, I have to wonder if Wright came here to speculate in silver mining companies not because of the local silver mines (we have none that I have ever known of), but because Philadelphia was (and still is) the location of the primary United States Mint...starting to realize that Jago REALLY needs a staff historian of some kind...
The Wikipedia page for Whitaker Wright says the same thing - it is possible for a mining company to be headquartered in one place for expeditious reasons - aren't there a lot of US companies registered in Delaware (or used to be) for tax benefits?
@@RichardWatt Not exactly, or at least not that I am aware of. Delaware was known for its lack of a sales tax. So high ticket items like cars, jewelry, etc. tended to have outlets right on the PA, DE, NJ border. But not so much these days. The only major company directly associated with Delaware for as long as I can remember is DuPont.
Mark Daywalt Jr. Not quite true. Payment processor companies such as Stripe have software and on boarding processes specifically designed to help entrepreneurs to incorporate in Delaware. Look around any business forum and Delaware will crop up sooner rather than later.
@@thomasm1964 Not quite true. Delaware has been a favourite place for corporations to form for many decades, long before the internet, or even corporate formation "software" became available, because of favourable local law and courts/ court decisions, combined with some of the off-shore secrecy benefits similar to forming your corporation in an off-shore centre such as the Cayman Islands, BVI, Bermuda, _etc._ If you want to sue a corporation registered in Delaware, you will need deep pockets, and more than a little luck.
Once Delaware became a favourite place for forming corporations the lawyers and financiers set up shop there too, and so now if you have any business that seeks to provide services related to the creation and set up of new corporations, then Delaware is the place to base your business.
I would suggest that Jago does pretty well with his research on history. Remember, unless you were there, history is only as accurate as the accounts you're reading/listening to. It doesn't follow that, even if there was no silver mining in the area, there were no mining companies based there. There are many more reasons to base yourself somewhere, as is still seen today in places such as Milton Keynes. Don't be so quick to criticise.