Frederick Norman

Frederick Henry Norman, painting after Sir Hubert von Herkomer

Frederick Henry Norman (23 January 1839 – 6 October 1916) was an English merchant banker and a director of the merchant bank Brown, Shipley & Co. He was also a first-class cricketer, appearing for Kent, Cambridge University, Cambridge Town Club (aka Cambridgeshire) and some amateur teams.[1] He was born at Bromley Common, Kent and died in Mayfair, London.[2]

The Norman family have a long history in English banking. Frederick was the fourth son of George Warde Norman (1793–1882), a director of the Bank of England from 1821 to 1872.[3] His older brother Charles, also a first-class cricketer, became a merchant banker too with Baring Brothers.[4] He was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1899.[5]

  1. ^ "Frederick Norman". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 410–411. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
  3. ^ Bertrand Gille. Travaux de droit, d'économie, de sociologie et de sciences politiques. Librarie Droz, 1965.[1]. Retrieved 3 October 2007. Gille comments on the intermarriages between banking families, long-established and newcomers.
  4. ^ J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Charles Norman". p. 560. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. ^ "No. 27061". The London Gazette. 10 March 1899. p. 1660.