Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto

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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]

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A wild cat sejant Proper resting the dexter paw on a garb Or.
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Or on a chevron between three lymphads Sable as many boars' heads couped of the field.
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Motto
Touch Not Gloveless[7]

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Citations

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  1. 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.
  2. Burk, p. 187.
  3. Burk, p. 188.
  4. Burk, p. 240.
  5. Burk, p. 241.
  6. Annual Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31st December 1969, London Transport Board, p.40
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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