The Right Honourable
The Lord Catto
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
23 August 1959 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 1st Baron Catto
Succeeded bySeat abolished [lower-alpha 1] 
Personal details
Born
Stephen Gordon Catto

14 January 1923
Died3 September 2001(2001-09-03) (aged 78)
Political partyCrossbench
OccupationBanker, businessman

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. From 1963-8 he was a part-time member of the London Transport Board.[5]

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[6]

Notes

Citations
  1. ↑ Burk, p. 187.
  2. ↑ Burk, p. 188.
  3. ↑ Burk, p. 240.
  4. ↑ Burk, p. 241.
  5. ↑ Annual Report and Accounts for the Year ended 31st December 1969, London Transport Board, p.40
  6. ↑ 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.

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