Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto

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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.

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto

Crest A wild cat sejant Proper resting the dexter paw on a garb Or. Escutcheon Or on a chevron between three lymphads Sable as many boars' heads couped of the field. Supporters On either side a tiger Proper charged on the shoulder with an ivy leaf Or. Motto Touch Not Gloveless[5]

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Citations

References

• Burk, Kathleen (1989). Morgan Grenfell 1838-1988: The Biography of a Merchant Bank. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-828306-5.

Further reading[]

• Richard Roberts, ‘Catto, Stephen Gordon, second Baron Catto (1923–2001)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Jan 2005

External links[]

• Yule Catto & Co plc