Collet Baronets
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The Collet Baronetcy, St Clere in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1888 for Mark Collet, Governor of the Bank of England
. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1944.
Governor of the Bank of England
The Governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the Bank, with the incumbent grooming his or her successor...
. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baronet, in 1944.
Collet Baronets, of St Clere (1888)
- Sir Mark Wilks Collet, 1st Baronet (September 1816 - 25 April 1905) was an English merchant and banker. He served as Governor of the Bank of EnglandGovernor of the Bank of EnglandThe Governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the Bank, with the incumbent grooming his or her successor...
between 1887 and 1889, and was granted a baronetcy in 1889. His grandsons by his daughter Lina Penelope Collet included Montagu NormanMontagu NormanMontagu Collet Norman, 1st Baron Norman DSO PC was an English banker, best known for his role as the Governor of the Bank of England from 1920 to 1944...
(Governor of the Bank of England between 1920 and 1944) and Frederick Henry NormanFrederick Henry NormanFrederick Henry Norman was an English merchant banker and a director of the merchant bank Brown, Shipley & Co.. The Norman family have a long history in English banking....
. - Sir Mark Edlmann Collet (12 January 1864-24 September 1944)