Robert Kindersley
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The Right Honourable The Lord Kindersley GBE |
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Photograph of the Dawes Committee, chaired by Charles G. Dawes with Robert Kindersley on the right.
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Robert Molesworth Kindersley 21 November 1871 Wanstead, UK |
| Died | 20 July 1954 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Known for | Chairman of the National Savings Committee |
| Spouse(s) | Gladys Margaret (Beadle) Kindersley (1896) |
| Children | 6 |
Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley GBE (21 November 1871 – 20 July 1954) was an English businessman, , merchant banker, and public servant who organised the National Savings movement.
Kindersley was born in Wanstead, Essex. His father was an Old Etonian from a wealthy family who had been a Captain in the Indian Army, but had fallen on hard times since resigning his commission and becoming a chemist. Kindersley was educated at Repton School, but was forced to leave in 1887 when his father could no longer afford the fees.
He then became a clerk in several London firms before joining the in 1901, becoming a partner in David A. Bevan & Co in 1902 and the merchant bank Lazard Brothers & Co in 1905, a firm with which he was connected for the rest of his life and of which he became chairman in 1919.
He was Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1915 to 1925 and a director of the Bank of England from 1914 to 1946. In 1924 he was the senior British representative on the Dawes Committee.
Kindersley is chiefly recognised for his work as chairman of the National Savings Committee from 1916 to 1920; he was then its president until 1946.
He was also a major shareholder in the Canadian Northern Railway, later amalgamated into Canadian National Railways, and the town of Kindersley, Saskatchewan, was named after him.
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