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Grimstone (surname)
Grimstone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ernest Grimstone (1883–1933), Australian politician *Gerry Grimstone Gerald Edgar Grimstone, Baron Grimstone of Boscobel (born 27 August 1949) is a British businessman. He was previously chairman of Barclays Bank plc and of Standard Life and group deputy chairman of Barclays plc, the holding company for the Barcla ... (born 1949), British businessman * Mary Grimstone (1796–1869), British poet and writer {{surname, Grimstone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Grimstone
Ernest Lancelot Grimstone (1883 – 22 October 1933) was an Australian politician. He was a Country and Progressive National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1928 until 1933, representing the electorate of Stanley. Grimstone was born and educated in Mackay. He worked for the North Eton Sugar Milling Company after leaving school, but became a career teacher with the Queensland Department of Education after 1904. He taught at Ulam, near Rockhampton, Windorah West, Forsayth and Springsure, before being appointed headmaster at Yarraman Creek State School. While teaching on the Darling Downs, he also farmed experimental lots, mainly dealing in wheat and corn. Grimstone enlisted during World War I, trained at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and was commissioned as a lieutenant. He subsequently served with the 9th Battalion in France from May to November 1918. Following the end of the war, he returned to Yarraman. He was involved in the local communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Grimstone
Gerald Edgar Grimstone, Baron Grimstone of Boscobel (born 27 August 1949) is a British businessman. He was previously chairman of Barclays Bank plc and of Standard Life and group deputy chairman of Barclays plc, the holding company for the Barclays Group. On 18 March 2020, he became an unpaid minister at the Department for International Trade and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and it was announced he would become a life peer. Early life Gerald Edgar Grimstone was born in August 1949, in Streatham, London, the son of a carpet fitter father. Grimstone has described his father as a "working class intellectual" and a senior member of the UK Communist Party. He was educated at the Whitgift School, Croydon, and Merton College, Oxford, where he received a degree in chemistry. Career Grimstone worked as a civil servant from 1972 to 1986, and then as a director of Schroders from 1986 to 1999. Grimstone was chairman of Standard Life (now Standard Life Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |