Jasper Hollom

Sir Jasper Quintus Hollom (16 December 1917 – 29 August 2014) was Chief Cashier of the Bank of England 1962-66, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England 1970-80, and chair of the City Takeover Panel 1980-87.[1]

Hollam was educated at King's School in Bruton, Somerset. He did not attend university and worked first in an insurance office before joining the Bank of England in 1936.[1]

During the Second World War he served in the infantry in the Western Desert and was in an Italian prisoner of war camp from 1942.[1]

Hollom was instrumental in navigating the British banking system through the secondary banking crisis of 1973-74.[1]

In 1954 he married Patricia Ellis who died in 2013.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sir Jasper Hollom", The Times, 17 September 2014, p. 54.
  2. ↑ "Sir Jasper Hollom - obituary". telegraph.co.uk. 7 Sep 2014.
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