Leslie O'Brien, Baron O'Brien of Lothbury

For the Australian cricketer, see Leslie O'Brien (cricketer).

Isabelle Pickett

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(m. 1932;died 1987)​

Marjorie Taylor

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(m. 1989)​

The Right Honourable The Lord O'Brien of Lothbury GBE PC
O'Brien in 1973
Governor of the Bank of England
In office 1 July 1966 –30 June 1973
Occupation	Banker

Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Baron O'Brien of Lothbury GBE PC (8 February 1908 – 24 November 1995) was Governor of the Bank of England.

After attending Wandsworth Grammar School in London, he joined the Bank of England in 1927 and rose through the ranks, becoming chief cashier in 1955, deputy governor in 1966, before serving as governor from 1966 until 1973. ^[1] As governor, O'Brien presided over the devaluation of the pound in 1967. In 1974 he was appointed as a director of The Rank Organisation. ^[2]

He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1967 ^[3] and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1970. ^[4] Following his retirement as governor in 1973 he was created a life peer as Baron O'Brien of Lothbury, of the City of London. ^[5]

He married firstly Isabelle Pickett (1908–1987) in 1932, and secondly Marjorie Taylor (1923–2017) in 1989. He died in Tandridge, Surrey, in 1995.

Arms

Coat of arms of Leslie O'Brien, Baron O'Brien of Lothbury

Coronet A Coronet of a Baron Crest In front of two Keys in saltire Azure a Needle point downwards proper threaded Gules Escutcheon Gules bezanty three lions passant guardant in pale each per pale Or and Argent Supporters On either side a Lion guardant per fess Or and Argent in the mouth a Key Or standing upon a Heap of Coins Or and Argent Motto Calm in Adversity

Footnotes

1. Who Was Who 1991-1995. A & C Black, London. 1996. ISBN   0-7136-4496-6.
2. "The Rank Organisation Annual Report and Accounts 1974" (PDF). Memories of Rank Xerox at Mitcheldean. p. 8.
3. "No. 44210". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1966. p. 10.
4. "No. 44999". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1969. p. 1.
5. "No. 45930". The London Gazette . 16 March 1973. p. 3513.

References

• Middlemas, Keith (27 November 1995). "Obituary: Lord O'Brien of Lothbury". The Independent . Retrieved 6 November 2009.
• Middlemas, Keith (May 2006). "O'Brien, Leslie Kenneth, Baron O'Brien of Lothbury (1908–1995)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60373 . Retrieved 6 November 2009.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

External links

• Obituary: Lord O'Brien of Lothbury from The Independent

Government offices
Preceded by The Earl of Cromer	Governor of the Bank of England 1966–1973	Succeeded by Gordon Richardson