Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (14 January 1923 – 3 September 2001), was a British banker and businessman.
Catto was educated at
Eton College
Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...
and
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...
, and then spent four years in the
Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. In 1948, he joined merchant bank
Morgan Grenfell & Co., where his father had previously been a partner. He was appointed a director in 1957 and chairman of the bank in 1974. He became chairman of the group holding company, Morgan Grenfell Holdings, in 1979. 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
The London Transport Board was the organisation responsible for public transport (except main-line trains) in London, England, and its environs from 1963 to 1969. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public na ...
.
[''Annual Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31st December 1969'', ]London Transport Board
The London Transport Board was the organisation responsible for public transport (except main-line trains) in London, England, and its environs from 1963 to 1969. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public na ...
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Further reading
*Richard Roberts
‘Catto, Stephen Gordon, second Baron Catto (1923–2001)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', online edn, Oxford University Press, January 2005.
External links
Yule Catto & Co plc
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1923 births
2001 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
English chief executives
20th-century Scottish businesspeople
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20th-century English businesspeople
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