Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton Explained
Major Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton (1870-1940), was a British banker.
Early life
Herbert Leslie Melville Tritton was born 20 December 1870.[1] He was the son of the banker Joseph Herbert Tritton.
Career
Tritton was the president of The Equitable Life Assurance Society from 1930 to 1940. He was also a director of Barclays Bank and chairman of Barclays Bank International from 1934 to 1937.[2]
He was High Sheriff of Essex from 1933 to 1934.
Personal life
He married Gertrude Susan Gosset. They had four children:
- Lucy Constance Tritton (1895-?)
- Marjorie Gertrude Tritton (1897-?)
- Ralph Leslie Tritton (1900-1929)
- George Henton Tritton (1905-1934)
Death
He died on 21 November 1940.
Notes and References
- News: The Squire Of Leighs - Death Of Major Tritton - Famous Banker And D.L. For Essex . 29 November 1940 . . 19 April 2020 . 9194 . 3 . . subscription.
- Book: Maurice Ogborn . Equitable Assurances: The Story of Life Assurance in the Experience of The Equitable Life Assurance Society 1762-1962 . 9 August 2015 . 5 November 2013 . Routledge . 978-1-136-58811-2 . 249 . Google Books.
- Book: Manfred Pohl . Sabine Freitag . Handbook on the History of European Banks . 9 August 2015 . 1 January 1994 . European Association for Banking History/Edward Elgar Publishing . 978-1-78195-421-8 . 1199 . Google Books.