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John Standish Fforde (16 November 1921 – 10 April 2000) was a British economist who was active in the Bank of England between 1957 and 1984. As Chief Cashier between 1966 and 1970, his signature appeared on British Bank Notes. After retirement he became the Bank of England's official Historian, and wrote The Bank of England And Public Policy, which covered the years 1941 to 1958.
Early life and education
Fforde was born at Broadstone, Dorset, fourth of five children of farmer and civil engineer Francis Creswell Fforde (1873-1949), of Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, and his first wife, Agnes Cecily. He was educated at Rossall School before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. He took first-class honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1949, subsequently taking the promotion to MA having spent the requisite time as a member of the university.
Career
= Posts held
=Prime Minister's Statistical Branch 1951–1953
Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford 1953–1956
Staff, Bank of England 1957–1984
Deputy Chief, Central Banking Information Department 1959–1964
Adviser to the Governors 1964–1966, 1982–1984
Chief Cashier 1966–1970
Executive Director (Home Finance) 1970–1982
Official historian to the Bank of England, 1984–1992
= Publications
=The Federal Reserve System, 1945–49 (1953)
Fforde's work Bank of England's History: The Bank of England And Public Policy (1941–1958) was published in 1992.
Personal life
In 1951 John Fforde married Marya Retinger, the daughter of Austro-Hungarian (later, Polish) political adviser Joseph Retinger, and a granddaughter of journalist E. D. Morel. They have three sons and one daughter, including novelist Jasper Fforde.
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