Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton

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

Early life

Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton was born 20 December 1870.[1] 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.[2][3]

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 21 November 1940.[1]

References

  1. "The Squire Of Leighs - Death Of Major Tritton - Famous Banker And D.L. For Essex". Essex Chronicle (9194). 29 November 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 19 April 2020 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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