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| ⚫ | '''Sir Ronald Grierson''' (6 August 1921 – 23 October 2014) was a German-born British banker, businessman, government advisor, and [[British Army]] officer. After service in the |
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| ⚫ | '''Sir Ronald Hugh Grierson''' (6 August 1921 – 23 October 2014) was a German-born British banker, businessman, government advisor, and [[British Army]] officer. After service in the [[Black Watch]], attached to the [[Special Air Service]] and [[mentioned in despatches]], during the [[Second World War]],<ref name="Register"/> he became a [[Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in the post-war [[Artists Rifles|SAS]].<ref name="obit - Times">{{cite news|title=Sir Ronald Grierson|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4249655.ece|accessdate=29 October 2014|work=The Times|date=27 October 2014}}</ref> He was managing director of the [[investment bank]] [[S.G. Warburg]] from 1948 to 1985, and vice-chairman of [[General Electric Company plc]], an [[industrial conglomerate]], from 1968 to 1996.<ref name="bio - Lang Lang International Music Foundation">{{cite web|title=Sir Ronald Grierson|url=http://langlangfoundation.org/about/who-we-are/international-honorary-ambassadors/sir-ronald-grierson/|website=Who we are|publisher=Lang Lang International Music Foundation|accessdate=29 October 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030024113/http://langlangfoundation.org/about/who-we-are/international-honorary-ambassadors/sir-ronald-grierson/|archivedate=30 October 2014}}</ref> From 1972 to 1974, he was Director-General for Industry at the [[European Commission]].<ref name="bio - World Economic Forum">{{cite web|title=Sir Ronald Grierson|url=http://www.weforum.org/contributors/sir-ronald-grierson|website=Contributors|publisher=World Economic Forum|accessdate=29 October 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029171125/http://www.weforum.org/contributors/sir-ronald-grierson|archivedate=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="obit - Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Sir Ronald Grierson – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11188695/Sir-Ronald-Grierson-obituary.html|accessdate=29 October 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=26 October 2014}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
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Grierson was born '''Rolf Hans Griessmann''' in [[Nuremberg]], Germany, on 6 August 1921,<ref name="obit - Times" /> the son of Ernest Griessmann. After early schooling in Nuremberg and Paris, he was educated at [[Highgate School]] from 1935 to 1939 and at [[Balliol College, Oxford]].<ref name="Register">{{cite book|last1=Ed. Hughes|first1=Patrick|last2=Davies|first2=Ian F.|title=Highgate School Register 1833–1964|date=1965|page=311|edition=6th}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 10:30, 10 January 2024
Sir Ronald Hugh Grierson (6 August 1921 – 23 October 2014) was a German-born British banker, businessman, government advisor, and British Army officer. After service in the Black Watch, attached to the Special Air Service and mentioned in despatches, during the Second World War,[1] he became a lieutenant colonel in the post-war SAS.[2] He was managing director of the investment bank S.G. Warburg from 1948 to 1985, and vice-chairman of General Electric Company plc, an industrial conglomerate, from 1968 to 1996.[3] From 1972 to 1974, he was Director-General for Industry at the European Commission.[4][5]
Early life
[edit]Grierson was born Rolf Hans Griessmann in Nuremberg, Germany, on 6 August 1921,[2] the son of Ernest Griessmann. After early schooling in Nuremberg and Paris, he was educated at Highgate School from 1935 to 1939 and at Balliol College, Oxford.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ed. Hughes, Patrick; Davies, Ian F. (1965). Highgate School Register 1833–1964 (6th ed.). p. 311.
- ^ a b "Sir Ronald Grierson". The Times. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Sir Ronald Grierson". Who we are. Lang Lang International Music Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Sir Ronald Grierson". Contributors. World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Sir Ronald Grierson – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 2014 deaths
- English investment bankers
- British business executives
- Special Air Service officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- People educated at Highgate School
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- People named in the Panama Papers
- Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
- Black Watch officers
- 20th-century English businesspeople
- German emigrants to the United Kingdom