Mervyn King (economist)
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The Right Honourable The Lord King of Lothbury KG GBE DL FBA |
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| Governor of the Bank of England | |
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In office 1 July 2003 – 1 July 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Edward George |
| Succeeded by | Mark Carney |
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Mervyn Allister King 30 March 1948 Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Melander (2007–present) |
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King's College, Cambridge St John's College, Cambridge Harvard University |
Mervyn Allister King, Baron King of Lothbury, KG GBE DL FBA (born 30 March 1948) is a British economist and public servant who served as the Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013.
Born in Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, King attended Wolverhampton Grammar School and studied economics at King's College, Cambridge, St John's College, Cambridge, and Harvard University. He then worked as a researcher on the Cambridge Growth Project, taught at the University of Birmingham, Harvard and MIT, and became a Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He joined the Bank of England in 1990 as a non-executive director, and became the chief economist in 1991. In 1998, he became a Deputy Governor of the Bank and a member of the Group of Thirty.
King was appointed as Governor of the Bank of England in 2003, succeeding Edward George. Most notably, he oversaw the Bank during the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and the Great Recession. King retired from his office as Governor in June 2013, and was succeeded by Mark Carney. He was appointed a life peer and entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher in July 2013.
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