Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto

Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (14 January 1923 – 3 September 2001), was a British banker and businessman.

The Lord Catto
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
23 August 1959 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 1st Baron Catto
Succeeded bySeat abolished[a]
Personal details
Born
Stephen Gordon Catto

14 January 1923
Died3 September 2001(2001-09-03) (aged 78)
Political partyCrossbench
OccupationBanker, businessman

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]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto
 
 
Crest
A wild cat sejant Proper resting the dexter paw on a garb Or.
Escutcheon
Or on a chevron between three lymphads Sable as many boars' heads couped of the field.
Supporters
On either side a tiger Proper charged on the shoulder with an ivy leaf Or.
Motto
Touch Not Gloveless[7]

Notes

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Citations
  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
  7. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1999.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Catto
1959–2001
Member of the House of Lords
(1959–1999)
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
of Peterhead
1959–2001
Succeeded by