MR. MONTAGU NORMAN
23RD YEAR OF OFFICE (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 14 Mr. Montagu Norman is the only nominee for the governorship of the Bank of England. This will be his 23rd year of office. Mr. Norman was born in 1871 and educated at Eton and Cambridge, his grandfathers on both sides being directors of the Bank of England. His active association with the bank began during the Great War, and in 1920 he was made governor. In 1922 he went to the United States with Earl Baldwin, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, to arrange for the funding of the British war debt, and subsequently, in many of the post-war conferences, ho played an important part behind the scenes. He made no public appearances, refused to be interviewed and declined titles and honours.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24250, 16 April 1942, Page 8
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