Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto

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

Educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, Catto in 1948 joined merchant bank Morgan Grenfell & Co. (where his father had previously been a partner) after four years service in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve.[1] He was appointed a director in 1957[2] and chairman of the bank in 1974.[3] He became chairman of the group holding company, Morgan Grenfell Holdings, in 1979.[4] Other directorships held included Yule Catto & Co plc (from 1960, Chairman from 1971 until 23 May 2000) and Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd.

Notes

Citations
  1. Burk, p. 187
  2. Burk, p. 188
  3. Burk, p. 240
  4. Burk, p. 241
References
  • Burk, Kathleen (1989). Morgan Grenfell 1838-1988: The Biography of a Merchant Bank. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-828306-5.

Further reading

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Sivewright Catto
Baron Catto
1959–2001
Succeeded by
Innes Gordon Catto
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