Nathaniel Tench (died 1710) was Governor of the Bank of England from 1699 to 1701. He had been Deputy Governor from 1697 to 1699. He replaced William Scawen and was succeeded by John Ward.
Tench became a landowner in Leyton. A monument to him was placed on the north wall of St Mary's Church, Leyton. On his estate, his son Sir Fisher Tench, 1st Baronet built a mansion, Leyton Great House, demolished 1905.
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- "Tench, Fisher (c.1673-1736), of Low Leyton, Essex and Hatton Garden, Mdx. History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Governors of the Bank of England. Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England, London, 2013.
- "Leyton: Manors and estates, British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Kennedy, John (1894). A History of the Parish of Leyton, Essex ... Phelp brothers. p. 35.
- Cherry, Bridget; Bradley, Simon; O'Brien, Charles; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1 January 2005). London: East. Yale University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-300-10701-2.
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