Jack Catchpool

Jack Catchpool
CBE
Warden of Toynbee Hall
In office
1963–1964
Preceded byArthur Eustace Morgan
Succeeded byWalter Birmingham
Personal details
Born(1890-08-22)22 August 1890
Leicester, UK
Died13 March 1971(1971-03-13) (aged 80)
Welwyn Garden City, UK
EducationSidcot 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]

  1. ^ "Toynbee Hall Annual Report 1971". Toynbee Hall. 1971. Retrieved 21 February 2022.