Jack Catchpool CBE | |
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Warden of Toynbee Hall | |
In office 1963–1964 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Eustace Morgan |
Succeeded by | Walter Birmingham |
Personal details | |
Born | Leicester, UK | 22 August 1890
Died | 13 March 1971 Welwyn Garden City, UK | (aged 80)
Education | Sidcot School Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre |
(Egerton) St John Pettifor Catchpool CBE (1890-1971) also known as Jack Catchpool was a social worker who served as the warden of Toynbee Hall, London. He was general secretary of the Youth Hostels Association from its inception in 1930 until 1950.[1]