Joseph Herbert Tritton

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Joseph Herbert Tritton
Born5 September 1844
Battersea, Surrey (now London), England
Died11 September 1923
Great Leighs, Essex, England
EducationRugby School
OccupationBanker
Spouse(s)Lucy Jane Smith
Children5 sons, 4 daughters
Parent(s)Joseph Tritton
Amelia Hanson

Joseph Herbert Tritton (a.k.a. J. Herbert Tritton) (1844–1923) was an English banker.

Early life[]

Joseph Herbert Tritton was born on 5 September 1844 at Olney Lodge, in Battersea, then in Surrey (now London).[1] His father, Joseph Tritton (1819–1887), was a Quaker banker.[1] His mother was Amelia Hanson, the daughter of Joseph Hanson of Brixton.[1]

He was educated at Windlesham House School and Rugby School.[2][1]

Career[]

Tritton was a banker.[1] He was a partner in Barclay, Bevan, Tritton & Co.[3] When it became known as Barclays Bank, he served on its board of directors,[3] retiring as a director in 1918.[1]

Tritton was a co-founder of the Institute of Bankers and served as its President twice.[3] Additionally, he served on the Council of Foreign Bondholders and he was honorary secretary of the London Clearing Bankers.[3] He served as the President of the London Chamber of Commerce.[3]

Additionally, he served as the Chairman of the Indo-European Telegraph Company (now Siemens Communications).[3]

Philanthropy[]

He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1890.[3] He was a recipient of the Order of the Lion and the Sun.[3]

Religious life[]

Tritton was a devout Christian and a speaker at the biggest international Protestant conference to date in London, 1888. He spoke of Paul's the apostle's words whose conviction led him to say that he was a man indebted to the world (Romans 1:14:"I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish"). Likewise, so Tritton, Christians ought approach ministry and missions with the same attitude and use commerce as a means of propagating Christ-like values. Commerce and Missions are to cooperate and pay off the debt of love to the world.[4]

Personal life[]

On 17 June 1867, he married Lucy Jane Smith, the daughter of Henry Abel Smith (1826–1890) of Wilford, Nottingham, a banker with interests in Lincoln and Nottingham.[1] They had five sons and four daughters.[1]

  • Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton (1870–1940), married Gertrude Susan Gosset
  • Alan George Tritton (1882–1914), Captain, 3rd Bn, Coldstream Guards, died in World War I

Family history[]

J. Herbert Tritton's family history Tritton: the Place and the Family (with an elaborate pedigree) was published in 1907. Then book contains some entertaining correspondence.[5][6]

Death[]

Tritton died at his home, Lyons Hall, in Great Leighs, Essex on 11 September 1923.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Jessie Campbell, Tritton, Joseph Herbert (1844-1923), banker, Oxford Index, September 2004
  2. ^ Malden, Henry C. (1902). Muster Roll. Windlesham House, Brighton. A.D. 1837 to 1902 (2nd ed.). Brighton: H. & C. Treacher.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "OBITUARY: J. Herbert Tritton". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 71 (3699): 818. October 12, 1923. JSTOR 41356330.
  4. ^ Report of the Centenary Conference on the Protestant Missions of the World, held in Exeter Hall (June 9th - 19th), London, 1888
  5. ^ "Review of Tritton, the Place and the Family by J. Herbert Tritton". The Athenaeum (4166): 236. 31 August 1907.
  6. ^ Tritton, J. Herbert (1907). Tritton: the Place and the Family. London: Arthur L. Humphreys.
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