Frank Cyril Tiarks OBE (also known as F. C. Tiarks) (9 July 1874 – 7 April 1952) was an English banker.

Family

He was son of Henry Frederick Tiarks (23 December 1832 - 18 October 1911),

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, partner in J. Henry Schröder & Co. in London, and wife Agnes Morris (1840 - 5 February 1923), adopted daughter of Alexander Schlüsser, partner in J. Henry Schröder & Co. in London, paternal grandson of Johann Gerhard Tiarks, chaplain of the

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Biography

Educated on HMS ''Britannia'' 1887–1889, and served as midshipman in the Royal Navy 1889–1894. Resigned his commission following the death of his elder brother, to join his father in business. Among his appointments were a directorship of the Bank of England (1912–1945); a partnership in J. Henry Schröder & Co.; a partnership in the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (1917–1948); and

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for 1927. He was created an Officer of the

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. He served in World War I under Sir William Reginald Hall, Director of Naval Intelligence, in

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Admiralty, as Lieut.-Cmdr. Of

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descent himself, like his wife, he was also listed as a member of the

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, of the British Union of Fascists and in Hitler's 'Black Book'.

Marriage and issue

Tiarks married in

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, on 18 November 1899 Emmie "Emmy" Marie Franziska Brödermann (15 February 1875 – 27 July 1943), daughter of Eduard Matthias Brödermann, merchant, and wife Ramona Luisa Clara Ignacia Störzel.Stammtafel der Familie Brödermann, nach einer auf dem hamburgischen Staatsarchiv befindlichen Aufzeichnung und nach anderen Quellen, Hamburg rivately printed Sept. 1908 ith revisions to 1912/ref> His granddaughter, Henrietta Tiarks, The Dowager Duchess of Bedford, is the widow of the fourteenth Duke of Bedford. He is also first cousin third removed of

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References

* "The Forgotten Banker", * Nicholas Mander, "Queen of Seven Swords", Owlpen Press, 2013, gives a biography with references. * "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage" {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiarks, Frank Cyril 1874 births 1952 deaths English bankers Anglo-Persian Oil Company Officers of the Order of the British Empire BP people High Sheriffs of Kent Royal Navy officers British Union of Fascists politicians English fascists