Frederick Henry Norman
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Frederick 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.
He was the fourth son of George Warde Norman (1793-1882), a director of the Bank of England from 1821 to 1872.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
for 1899
He married Lina Susan Penelope Collet (d. 1950), a daughter of Sir Mark Wilks Collet
, 1st Baronet
, of St. Clere, Ightham,
Sevenoaks, on 15 November 1870. They had three children together:
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and a director of the merchant bank
Merchant bank
A merchant bank is a financial institution which provides capital to companies in the form of share ownership instead of loans. A merchant bank also provides advisory on corporate matters to the firms they lend to....
Brown, Shipley & Co.
Brown, Shipley & Co.
Brown, Shipley & Co. is a long-established British private bank, based in London.It provides investment management, pensions and associated advisory services for private, institutional and corporate clients.-History:...
. The Norman family
Norman family
The Norman family became prominent in British banking circles from about 1820 to 1950. The most prominent member of the family was Montagu Norman...
have a long history in English banking.
He was the fourth son of George Warde Norman (1793-1882), a director of the Bank of England from 1821 to 1872.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
The High Sheriff of Hertfordshire was an ancient High Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years...
for 1899
He married Lina Susan Penelope Collet (d. 1950), a daughter of Sir Mark Wilks Collet
Mark Wilks Collet
Sir Mark Wilks Collet, 1st Baronet was an English merchant and banker. He served as Governor of the Bank of England between 1887 and 1889, and was made a baronet on 12 June 1888 in connection with his services in converting the National Debt...
, 1st Baronet
Baronet
A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
, of St. Clere, Ightham,
Sevenoaks, on 15 November 1870. They had three children together:
- Sir Montagu Norman (the 1st Baron Norman (6 September 1871–4 February 1950), a long serving 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...
) and - Ronald Collet NormanRonald Collet NormanRonald Collet Norman JP was a banker, administrator and politician.He was chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1935 to 1939 and of the London County Council from 1918 to 1919. He was the son of Frederick Henry Norman of the Norman family, long prominent in banking.In 1907 he was...
(1873–5 December 1963), (who chaired the BBCBoard of Governors of the BBCThe Board of Governors of the BBC was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It consisted of twelve people who together regulated the BBC and represented the interests of the public. It existed from 1927 until it was replaced by the BBC Trust on 1 January 2007.The governors...
and the London County CouncilLondon County CouncilLondon County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889–1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council...
).