Basil G. Catterns

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A Catterns signed £5 note of 1931.

Basil Gage Catterns (20 June 1886 – 5 February 1969) was the Chief Cashier and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.

He was born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, son of the Rev. T.E.S. Catterns and educated at Trent College, Nottinghamshire. He was the uncle of the Australian businessman, citizen soldier and amateur yachtsman Basil W. T. Catterns.

He spent five years with

High Sheriff of the County of London for 1940–41.[3]

He married Evelyn Nancy Dodd. Their son John Burleigh was killed when his Spitfire crashed in 1945.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Chief Cashiers". Bank of England. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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  3. ^ "No. 34807". The London Gazette. 8 March 1940. p. 1380.
  4. ^ "Spitfire SM278 on Arden Great Moor, Osmotherley". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Andrew Rae Duncan
High Sheriff of the County of London

1940–1941
Succeeded by