Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (14 January 1923 – 3 September 2001), was a British banker and businessman.
The Lord Catto | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 23 August 1959 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Baron Catto |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Gordon Catto 14 January 1923 |
| Died | 3 September 2001 (aged 78) |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Occupation | Banker, businessman |
Catto was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then spent four years in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.[1] In 1948, he joined merchant bank Morgan Grenfell & Co., where his father had previously been a partner.[2] He was appointed a director in 1957[3] and chairman of the bank in 1974.[4] He became chairman of the group holding company, Morgan Grenfell Holdings, in 1979.[5] Other directorships held included Yule Catto & Co plc (from 1960, Chairman from 1971 until 23 May 2000) and Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd. From 1963-8 he was a part-time member of the London Transport Board.[6]
Arms
edit  |
|
Notes
edit- ^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.
- Citations
- ^ Richard Roberts, ‘Catto, Stephen Gordon, second Baron Catto (1923–2001)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, January 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ Burk, p. 187.
- ^ Burk, p. 188.
- ^ Burk, p. 240.
- ^ Burk, p. 241.
- ^ Annual Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31st December 1969, London Transport Board, p.40
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1999.
- References
- Burk, Kathleen (1989). Morgan Grenfell 1838-1988: The Biography of a Merchant Bank. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-828306-5.
Further reading
edit- Richard Roberts, ‘Catto, Stephen Gordon, second Baron Catto (1923–2001)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, January 2005.