Charles Henry Ritchie


Alexander (Alec) James Otway Ritchie
[CFT #8939]
Born: 1928
Died: 2000
mJoanna Willink Fletcherc F/M
m1953Joanna Willink Fletcherc F/MFittleworth Parish Church, West Sussex
2 Marriages



b Edinburgh, Scotland

d Cran Hill Nursing Home, Bath, Somerset

The younger son of the Ven. Charles Henry Ritchie, Archdeacon of Northumberland.

Educated at Stowe (Head of School); St John's College, Cambridge (Modern Languages; MA).

National Service (Sword of Honour as an Officer Cadet) in the Palestine Mandate; 1951, joined Glyn Mills; Director, 1964-69; Director, Williams & Glyn's Bank, 1969-77; with Grindlays Bank; Deputy Chairman, 1977-81; Chairman, 1981-86; Union Discount, Director, March 1969, Deputy Chairman, 1969; Chairman, 1970-90; Ottoman Bank, Director, 1969-96; Director, European Investment Bank, 1988-95; in retirement, acted as Treasurer in helping Bath Abbey raise £4 million for its 2000 appeal and acted as Chairman of the Organ Committee in overseeing the spending of £825,000 on the Abbey's new organ.

Who's Who: Obituary: The Times 28 09 2000.

From the Family Records of Robert (Robin) Morley Fletcher (1935-2015)

(Vanessa Griffith March 2017)



1: 1954 Susanna Jean Ritchiec H/C
2: 1957 Charles Alexander Ritchiec W
3: 1961 Andrew Henry Ritchiec W/C
3 Children

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