Robert Aslett

Robert Aslett was a British banker who embezzled approximately £820,000 in Exchequer bills. Aslett was an assistant cashier at the Bank of England under his uncle Abraham Newland. In 1803, he was condemned to death; however his sentence was commuted on the condition he leave the country. Aslett's disgrace led to the appointment of Henry Hase as chief cashier.
Aslett was born in London to Robert and Elizabeth Aslett, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School.
Despite his imprisonment at Newgate Prison, his privileged life continued by bribing the guards. Recalled the Leicester Chronicle in 1857: