About Percy Newson
Lived 1874 – 1950 (aged 76). Percy Newson was an Indian politician and banker.
Sir Percy Wilson Newson, 1st Baronet (4 April 1874 – 17 May 1950) was a British banker and jute merchant in India.
Newson was born in Suffolk, the son of Georgina Martha and William Henry Newson. He was senior partner with Jardine, Skinner & Co in Calcutta and also became president of the Bank of Bengal in 1920 and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India in 1921. He was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours and created a baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours. He served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Tamworth from 1922 to 1923. He commissioned a pair of town houses by Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie on the corner of Green Street and Dunraven Street, Mayfair, in 1924. He was the maternal grandfather of English explorer Ranulph Fiennes.
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Who was Percy Newson?
British politician
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Percy Newson was born on 4 April 1874.
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Percy Newson died on 17 May 1950.
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Percy Newson was a politician and banker.
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Percy Newson was Indian.
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