Gérard d'Erlanger

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Sir Gérard John Regis Leo d'Erlanger (born June 1, 1906 in Bexley , Kent , † December 15, 1962 ) was a British manager.

family

Gérard d'Erlanger was the younger son of Emile Beaumont Baron d'Erlanger (1866-1939) and Rose Marie Antoinette Catherine, called Kate, born de Robert d'Aqueria de Rochegude (1874-1959).

His ten years older brother was Robert, called Robin, Emile Frédéric Regis Baron d'Erlanger (1896-1934) with his wife Myrle Farquharson of Invercauld (1897-1941). In 1937 he married Glady Sammut, the daughter of a wholesale merchant and major from Valletta , then British , the capital of the Mediterranean island of Malta . Both had three children:

Career

He was educated at Eton College .

He was a successful and influential manager u. a. European banks and airlines. Among other things, he was Vice President of the Erlanger Ltd. under his cousin as bank president Leo Friedrich Alfred Baron d'Erlanger (1898–1978). From 1935 he was a partner in the banking house Myers & Co., a member of the London Stock Exchange and from 1935 to 1940 director of the British airline BOAC . During the Second World War he directed the Air Transport Auxiliary . After the war he was manager, from 1947 to 1949 board member of the airline BEA , from 1956 to 1960 again board member of BOAC.

In 1943 he was accepted as Commander in the Order of the British Empire and in 1958 as a Knight Bachelor ("Sir") raised to the British nobility .

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SURNAME d'Erlanger, Gérard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES d'Erlanger, Gérard John Leo Regis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British manager
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Bexley
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1962