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Julian Thompson Burke

Son of John W. Burke Person John W. Burke b. 1825 Senior partner who at age 27 joined the twenty-three-year-old on August 14, 1852 to open the Burke & Herbert Banking & Exchange Office at the corner of Prince and Lee Streets … ; brought into the bank in 1877. The first of a continuous line of Burke-family officers spanning five generations at Burke & Herbert Bank Business Burke & Herbert Bank founded 1852 Alexandria-based bank founded in 1852 by John Burke and Arthur Herbert as a stock-and-real-estate commission firm. The oldest continuously operating bank in Virginia and one of the … .

Biography


Julian Thompson Burke entered the Burke & Herbert firm in 1877, fifteen years before Arthur Herbert’s retirement and during a period when both founding families were consolidating ownership of the chartered bank [1] Source 1 The Zebra, 'Brief Glimpse: Burke & Herbert Bank,' 2015 Website . He represents the second generation of the Burke line in the firm; the family name has continued in leadership through five generations to the present day.

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  1. 1.

    The Zebra (Alexandria), "A Brief Glimpse of Alexandria History: Burke & Herbert Bank," November 15, 2015.

    Website https://thezebra.org/2015/11/15/a-brief-glimpse-of-alexandria-history-burke-herbert-bank/ →

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