George Touche
British accountant and politician
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::summary British accountant and politician ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sir George Touche |
| honorific_suffix | |
| image | File:Sir George Alexander Touche, 1st Baronet in 1915.jpg |
| caption | Touche in 1915 |
| constituency_MP | Islington North |
| parliament | United Kingdom |
| term_start | 1910 |
| term_end | 1918 |
| birth_name | George Alexander Touch |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| death_date | |
| alma_mater | University of Edinburgh |
| occupation | Accountant |
| :: |
| honorific_prefix = | name = Sir George Touche | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Sir George Alexander Touche, 1st Baronet in 1915.jpg | alt = | caption = Touche in 1915 | constituency_MP = Islington North | parliament = United Kingdom | term_start = 1910 | term_end = 1918 | birth_name = George Alexander Touch | birth_date = | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Edinburgh | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Accountant | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = Sir George Alexander Touche, 1st Baronet (; born Touch; 24 May 1861 – 7 July 1935) was a British accountant and politician. He founded one of the firms which amalgamated to create Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
Early life and career
Touche was born on 24 May 1861 in Edinburgh, the son of a banker. He was educated at the Bonnington Academy, the Edinburgh Institution, and the University of Edinburgh and was indentured to a chartered accountant in 1878. In 1883 he was admitted to the Society of Accountants in Edinburgh and immediately left for London, joining the firm of Broads, Patterson & May.
Later career
In 1889 he was appointed first secretary of the Industrial and General Trust, later becoming manager, director in 1898, and chairman in 1908. He also became director and chairman of many other companies. In 1899 he founded his own practice, George A. Touch & Co.
In 1910 he was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for North Islington, but retired due to ill-health in 1918.
He was knighted in 1917 and created a baronet for his political services in the 1920 Birthday Honours.
Touche died on 7 July 1935.
Footnotes
References
- Biography, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
References
- He added the final "e" in 1906 because people continually mispronounced his name.
- {{London Gazette. (4 June 1920)
- {{London Gazette. (31 August 1920)
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