When Ralph Blows was born about July 1708, in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, his father, Ralph Blows, was 30 and his mother, Mary Jermin, was 30. He married Elisabeth Goats on 1 February 1731, in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 12 February 1745, in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 36, and was buried in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England.
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The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
1 Norman, English: see Bloyce .
2 English: variant of Blow with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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