SOUTH SEA HOUSE –CHARLES LAMB

SOUTH SEA HOUSE –CHARLES LAMB

·         Charles Lamb was the seventh and youngest child o John and Elizabeth Lamb.

·         He was born in Temple on 10^th February 1775.

·         He studied at Christ’s Hospital (school).

·         He spent seven years at there, where he got the friendship of Coleridge.

·         He was dumb that made it to send him the university.

·         For a short time he was employed in the South Sea House.

·         He was appointed as the Accounts office’s clerk in the East India Company in the year 1792, he continued his service till the year 1825.

·         His intimate friend was James White, author of “Letter of Sir John Falstaff”.

·         South Sea House is the first essay published in London magazine in the name of Elia.

·         The South Sea House is a great commercial and financial undertaking .

·         The South Sea Company was established by Earl of Oxford in 1710.

·         South sea House had trade monopoly with South Sea merchants.

·         Buying shares is known as The South Sea House.

·         They bought shares at 6% interest.

·         Within ten years the shares were quoted 5 time.

·         This development has called South Sea Bubble.

·         The Bubble was in 1720.

·         The government terminated monopoly in 1807.

·         The company was liquidated in 1853.

·         The essay is a description of the company and clerks.

·         After leaving Christ’s Hospital in 1789, at the age of fourteen, Lamb obtained a clerkship in the old South Sea House, where his elder brother, John was already employed.

·         Lamb remained there till 1792 when he obtained a post in the accountants office of the East India Company in Leaden Hall Street.

·         Evans is the cashier, who is the suspicious Welshman.

·         Evans dressed like a 18^th century man.

·         Evans was stiff and forbidding at counter.

·         Evans has a wide knowledge of topography of London.

·         They made a trade with the South American colonies.

·         Thomas Tame is the deputy cashier.

·         He is pride of his descendent of Derwent Water.

·         John Tip is the Accountant.

·         He was worried over the smallest figure and hated the politics.

·         John is fond of music and fiddle the vacant.

·         John is the trusty of friend’s family.

·         Henry man is a Clerk and journalist.

·         He wrote about war.

·         Plumer had pretensions to a gentle birth.

·         He is an illegitimate descendent of Plumers of Hertfordshire.

·         Walter Plumer is the bachelor father of Plumer.

·         Manard is the gentlest and Quietest of clerks.

·         He died himself by hanging.

·         Woolet is the most peculiar clerk.

·         He buys up litigations of others.

·         Hepworth is the serious clerk.

·         He is associated with scientist Newton.

·         King Midas was a foolish king of Phrygia whose touch turned everything into gold.