Code | DS/UK/159 |
Surname | Rodd |
Forenames | Francis James Rennell |
PreTitle | Lord |
Title | Baron Rennell of Rodd |
Dates | 1895 - 1978 |
Epithet | Adviser to the Governors (1929 - 1932) |
Activity | The son of a diplomat, and educated at Eton and Oxford, Rodd followed a similar career path until resigning from the Foreign Office in 1924. He was a member of the Stock Exchange when Governor Montagu Norman recruited him to advise on Anglo-French relations. During his short time at the Bank he was seconded to the newly established Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Though the appointment was a permanent one, but Rodd left the Bank in 1932. Shortly afterwards he became a partner in Morgan Grenfell & Co, remaining there until 1967. |
Source | Richard Sayers, 'The Bank of England 1891 - 1944', p.622; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
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