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Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton

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Major Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton (1870-1940), was a British banker.

Early life

Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton was born in 1870. He was the son of the banker Joseph Herbert Tritton.

Career

Tritton served as the president of The Equitable Life Assurance Society from 1930 to 1940. Additionally, he served as a director of Barclays Bank and chairman of Barclays Bank International from 1934 to 1937.[1][2]

He was High Sheriff of Essex from 1933 to 1934.

Personal life

He married Gertrude Susan Gosset. They had four children:

  • Lucy Constance Tritton (1895- )
  • Marjorie Gertrude Tritton (1897- )
  • Ralph Leslie Tritton (1900-1929)
  • George Henton Tritton (1905-1934)

Death

He died in 1940.

References

  1. ^ Maurice Ogborn (5 November 2013). Equitable Assurances: The Story of Life Assurance in the Experience of The Equitable LIfe Assurance Society 1762-1962. Routledge. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-136-58811-2. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ^ Manfred Pohl; Sabine Freitag; European Association for Banking History (1 January 1994). Handbook on the History of European Banks. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 1199. ISBN 978-1-78195-421-8. Retrieved 9 August 2015.