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Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (14 January 1923 – 3 September 2001), was a British banker and businessman.

Catto was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and then spent four years in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve. In 1948, he joined merchant bank Morgan Grenfell & Co., where his father had previously been a partner. He was appointed a director in 1957 and chairman of the bank in 1974. He became chairman of the group holding company, Morgan Grenfell Holdings, in 1979. Other directorships held included Yule Catto & Co plc (from 1960, Chairman from 1971 until 23 May 2000) and Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd. From 1963-8 he was a part-time member of the London Transport Board.

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

Notes

1. Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

Citations

1. Richard Roberts, ‘Catto, Stephen Gordon, second Baron Catto (1923–2001)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, January 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
2. Burk, p. 187.
3. Burk, p. 188.
4. Burk, p. 240.
5. Burk, p. 241.
6. Annual Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31st December 1969, London Transport Board, p.40
7. Burke's Peerage. 1999.

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, January 2005.

External links

• Yule Catto & Co plc

• 1923 births
• 2001 deaths
• People educated at Eton College
• Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
• English chief executives
• 20th-century Scottish businesspeople
• Barons Catto
• 20th-century English businesspeople
• Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999