Basil Gage Catterns (20 June 1886 – 5 February 1969) was the

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and Deputy Governor of the

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. He was born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, son of the Rev. T.E.S. Catterns and educated at

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, Nottinghamshire. He was the uncle of the Australian businessman, citizen soldier and amateur yachtsman Basil W. T. Catterns. He spent five years with

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(later the District Bank) in Accrington and joined the Bank of England in 1908, becoming Assistant Chief Cashier in 1923 and Chief Cashier on 27 March 1929. He was replaced as Chief Cashier on 17 April 1934 by

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. He then served as an Executive Director of the Bank and eventually as Deputy Governor from 1936 to his retirement in 1945. He was appointed

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for 1940–41. He married Evelyn Nancy Dodd. Their son John Burleigh was killed when his Spitfire crashed in 1945.

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1886 births 1969 deaths Chief Cashiers of the Bank of England Deputy Governors of the Bank of England High Sheriffs of the County of London 20th-century English businesspeople {{England-bio-stub