Question: What was the nationality of the director of the British joint-stock company founded in 1711?
Sentence (from "South Sea Company"): The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of national debt.
Relevant evidence: Yes