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The French Legion of Honour awarded to Lord Hindley, Director of the Bank of England Fran...
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The French Legion of Honour awarded to Lord Hindley, Director of the Bank of England France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris case of issue, damage to reverse blue enamel, good very fine £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008 (when sold alongside the recipient’s other honours and awards). John Scott Hindley was born on 24 October 1883, the son of Rev. William Talbot Hindley, M.A., of Eastbourne. He was educated at Weymouth College. During his lifetime he held a number of important positions, being a member of the Coal Controller’s Export Advisory Committee, 1917-18; Commercial Advisor, Mines Department, 1918-38 and 1939-42; Controller-General Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1942-43; Director of the Bank of England, 1931-45; Chairman of Stephenson Clark Ltd., 1938-46; Managing Director of Powell Duffryn Ltd., 1931-46; Chairman, Maris Export and Trading Co. Ltd., 1938-46; Chairman, Finance Corporation for Industry Ltd., 1945-46; Chairman, London Committee of the Combined Productions and Resources Board, 1943-46; Chairman of the National Coal Board, 1946-51; Alderman Ward of Tower, 1924-30; Member of the Committee on Industry and Trade, 1924-29; Master of the Clothworkers Company, 1953-54. For his many services to trade and industry he was granted numerous awards, being Knighted in 1921; created a Baronet in 1927; created a Baron in 1931; awarded the G.B.E. in 1939, and created a Viscount in 1948. In addition he received a number of foreign awards, including the prestigous U.S.A. Medal of Freedom with Gold Palm. Hindley married Vera Westoll in 1909, by whom he had two daughters. Latterly living at Meads Cottage, Rondle Wood, near Liphook, Hampshire, Viscount Hyndley died on 5 January 1963. Sold with a letter from the French Embassy, dated 8 August 1939, with translation, ‘Dear Lord Hyndley, ... The French Government was anxious to recognise officially the great services which you have rendered to the Franco-British economic collaboration on which our public administrations as well as our most important coal firms have always had reason to congratulate themselves. ...’
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The French Legion of Honour awarded to Lord Hindley, Director of the Bank of England France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris case of issue, damage to reverse blue enamel, good very fine £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008 (when sold alongside the recipient’s other honours and awards). John Scott Hindley was born on 24 October 1883, the son of Rev. William Talbot Hindley, M.A., of Eastbourne. He was educated at Weymouth College. During his lifetime he held a number of important positions, being a member of the Coal Controller’s Export Advisory Committee, 1917-18; Commercial Advisor, Mines Department, 1918-38 and 1939-42; Controller-General Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1942-43; Director of the Bank of England, 1931-45; Chairman of Stephenson Clark Ltd., 1938-46; Managing Director of Powell Duffryn Ltd., 1931-46; Chairman, Maris Export and Trading Co. Ltd., 1938-46; Chairman, Finance Corporation for Industry Ltd., 1945-46; Chairman, London Committee of the Combined Productions and Resources Board, 1943-46; Chairman of the National Coal Board, 1946-51; Alderman Ward of Tower, 1924-30; Member of the Committee on Industry and Trade, 1924-29; Master of the Clothworkers Company, 1953-54. For his many services to trade and industry he was granted numerous awards, being Knighted in 1921; created a Baronet in 1927; created a Baron in 1931; awarded the G.B.E. in 1939, and created a Viscount in 1948. In addition he received a number of foreign awards, including the prestigous U.S.A. Medal of Freedom with Gold Palm. Hindley married Vera Westoll in 1909, by whom he had two daughters. Latterly living at Meads Cottage, Rondle Wood, near Liphook, Hampshire, Viscount Hyndley died on 5 January 1963. Sold with a letter from the French Embassy, dated 8 August 1939, with translation, ‘Dear Lord Hyndley, ... The French Government was anxious to recognise officially the great services which you have rendered to the Franco-British economic collaboration on which our public administrations as well as our most important coal firms have always had reason to congratulate themselves. ...’
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