Carlyle Gifford
Thomas Johnstone Carlyle Gifford | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 January 1881 Kirkcudbrightshire |
| Died | 24 January 1975 (aged 94) |
| Alma mater | George Watson's College University of Edinburgh |
| Spouse(s) | Maud Oriel Riata Pearson (1907) Sophia Mary Wharton Millar (1960) |
| Children | 2 |
Thomas Johnstone Carlyle Gifford (14 January 1881 – 24 January 1975) was one of the founders of Baillie Gifford, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment management firms.
Career[edit]
Born at Ingleston near Twynholm in Kirkcudbrightshire and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, Carlyle Gifford trained with the firm of W.S. Cook and became a writer to the signet in 1905.[1]
In 1907 he co-founded the legal firm of Baillie Gifford WS which in 1909 formed and then acted as manager of the Scottish Mortgage and Trust Company Limited.[2]
He specialised in land law and in stock exchange rules.[1] He served on the boards of Scottish Widows and the University of Edinburgh.[1]
He helped set up the Association of Investment Trust Companies in 1929 and served as chairman from 1934 to 1936.[1]
During World War II he worked in the United States where he acted as an agent for HM Treasury selling British overseas investments.[3]
He lived in Edinburgh and died there in 1975.[4]
Family[edit]
In 1907 he married Maud Oriel Riata Pearson daughter of Charles Henry Pearson and together they had two sons,[1] including Charles Henry Pearson Gifford FRSE (1909–1994). In 1960 he married again to Sophia Mary Wharton Millar who survived him.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Carlyle Gifford at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Scottish Mortgage Trust: History Archived 25 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "A Deal in British Stocks?". Time, 20 January 1941.
- ^ Carlyle Gifford at the Peerage.com
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