Destiny V

"I am afraid that the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create and destroy money. And they who control the credit of a nation direct the policy of governments, and hold in the hollow of their hands the destiny of the people."

-Reginald McKenna (1924)

British Secretary to the Treasury (1903)

President of the Board of Education (1907 - 1908)

First Lord of the Admiralty (1908 – 1911)

Home Secretary (1911 – 1915)

Chancellor of the Exchequer (1915 – 1916)

Chairman of the Midland Bank (1918)