Baron Catto

Baron Catto , of Cairncatto in the County of Aberdeen , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award

The title was created on February 24, 1936 for the entrepreneur Sir Thomas Catto, 1st Baronet . He was Governor of the Bank of England from 1944 to 1949 . He had already been awarded the subordinate title Baronet , of Peterhead , on July 5, 1921 .

Today's title holder has been his grandson Innes Catto as 3rd Baron since 2001 .

List of Barons Catto (1936)

• Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto (1879–1959)
• Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (1923-2001)
• Innes Catto, 3rd Baron Catto (* 1950)

Title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the brother of the current title holder, Hon. Alexander Catto (* 1952).

Web links

• Catto, Baron (UK, 1936) at Cracroft's Peerage
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The London Gazette : No. 34259, p. 1233 , February 25, 1936.
2. ^ The London Gazette: No. 32346 (Supplement), p. 32346 , June 4, 1921.