Jump to content

David Somerset (banker)

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Narky Blert (talk | contribs) at 12:53, 20 August 2019 (Link to DAB page repaired. ce). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

David Henry FitzRoy Somerset (19 June 1930 – 25 October 2014)[1] was Chief Cashier of the Bank of England for 1980 to 1988. The signature of the Chief Cashier appears on British banknotes. Somerset was replaced as Chief Cashier by Malcolm Gill.[2]

Somerset was the grandson of the third Baron Raglan. He was educated at Mount House School (now known as Mount Kelly) in Tavistock, Devon and Wellington College. He graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1956.

Somerset married Ruth Ivy Wildbur in 1955. They had two children:

  • Louise Charlotte Somerset b. 28 August 1956
  • Henry Robert Fitzroy Somerset b. 13 February 1961.

The family lived at White Wickets, Boarshead, near Crowborough.

In later life, he was made an emeritus fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge from 1997 to 2014, and fellow 1988–97.[3]

References

  1. ^ SOMERSET
  2. ^ Chief Cashiers. Archived 2014-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Bank of England. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. ^ https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2014-15/weekly/6364/section7.shtml


Stub icon

This British biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Somerset_(banker)&oldid=911682233"