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[]
- ^ a b "The Squire Of Leighs - Death Of Major Tritton - Famous Banker And D.L. For Essex". Essex Chronicle. No. 9194. 29 November 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 19 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- 1870 births
- 1940 deaths
- Barclays people
- British corporate directors
- English bankers
- High Sheriffs of Essex
- Tritton family
- English business biography stubs