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On leaving the service Fullarton entered the house of Alexander & Co., bankers of Calcutta, as a partner, acquired a fortune in a few years, and returned to England to live. Meantime he had travelled widely over India, and about 1820 made a pioneering tour through the British Empire in the east.
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his wife, Miss Finney of Calcutta, died in 1837. In 1838 having lost a considerable part of his fortune by the failure of his bankers, he moved to 12 Hyde Park Street. Fullarton was a fellow of the
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a book 'On the Regulation of Currencies, being an examination of the principles on which it is proposed to restrict the future issues on credit of the Bank of England.'
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In 1833 he went again to India, and in the following year was entrusted with a mission to China. On his return to Europe he visited Egypt, where at
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in 1802, but resigned his appointment in 1813. During this period he became the part owner and editor of a newspaper at
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Fullarton was the only child of Dr. Gavin Fullarton, who died in 1795, by his wife, the daughter of
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in defence of the Tory party, and he is said to have been one of the founders of the
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through parliament, he published in support of the doctrines of
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