Humphrey Charles Baskerville Mynors Bt (1903 - 1989)

Born 28 Jul 1903 in Langley Burrell, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Marian (Minns) Mynors — married 14 Oct 1939 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 25 May 1989 at age 85 in St Weonards, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Humphrey Mynors Bt is one of twins.

Sir Humphrey Charles Baskerville Mynors, 1st Baronet (28 July 1903 – 25 May 1989), was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 1954 to 1964. He was the son of Aubrey Mynors and Margery Harvey. He was previously a Director of the Bank of England from March 1949 to 1954 and Deputy Secretary starting in 1938. He subsequently served as the Chairman of the Finance Corporation for Industry and the inaugural Chairman of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers.

Mynors was educated at Marlborough College, and received a BA from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1926 (subsequently promoted to Master of Arts in 1929). He was also an assistant lecturer at Cambridge.

In retirement he wrote a history of the Mynors family which is a valuable and carefully-researched source of information, and contains details of primary sources for anyone interested in the story of the Mynors and related families.

In October 1939, he married Lydia Minns, daughter of his fellow academic, Sir Ellis Minns, Disney Professor of Archaeology: the couple had six children.

Mynors' twin brother was Roger Mynors, a classical scholar. The brothers lived together with their families at Treago Castle in the latter part of their lives.

On his death in 1989, he was succeeded in the Baronetcy by his second son, Richard.

Sources

• Ancestry Source: Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916
• Wikipedia [1]
• Thepeerage [2]
• The Bank of England Museum [3] has a portrait of Sir Humphrey.