Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe

The Lord Cunliffe
Governor of the Bank of England
In office
1913–1918
Preceded byAlfred Clayton Cole
Succeeded bySir Brien Cokayne
Personal details
Born
Walter Cunliffe

(1855-12-03)3 December 1855
London, England
Died6 January 1920(1920-01-06) (aged 64)
Headley Court, Surrey, England
ProfessionBanker

Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe, GBE (3 December 1855 – 6 January 1920) was a British banker who established the merchant banking business of Cunliffe Brothers (after 1920, Goschens & Cunliffe) in London, and who was Governor of the Bank of England from 1913 to 1918, during the critical World War I era. He was created 1st Baron Cunliffe in 1914. He chaired the Cunliffe Committee which reported in 1918 with a plan for the monetary policy of the central bank and government after the war, which helped to shape fiscal policy.