Talk:William Lowndes (1652–1724)

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Did you know... that the expressions "take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves" and "ways and means" are both attributed to William Lowndes?

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Oh dear - despite one source saying that Lowndes "was credited with originating" the phrase "Ways and Means", this source says that the House of Commons founded a Committee of Ways and Means in 1641...

The first Chairman of the Committee was apparently Richard Hampden (perhaps a relative of his father than the one our article is about, as he would only have been 10 in 1641) and Sir Alan Haselhurst is the 63rd, he says... -- ALoan (Talk) 00:07, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted the reference to originating the phrase "Ways and Means" - it can't be right. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although grammatically ambiguous, isn't the phrase, "take care of the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves." Has someone been too zealous in this respect, or am I mistaken? Dainamo 07:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have added a citation - "pence" seems to be the original. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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