Edward Alan John George, Baron George, GBE, PC, DL (16 September 1938 – 18 April 2009), known as Eddie George, or "Steady Eddie", was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003.
George was born and grew up in Carshalton, the son of Post Office clerk Alan and wife Olive. He attended the independent school Dulwich College on a scholarship. He carried out his National Service at the Joint Services School for Linguists, where he learnt to spea...
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Edward Alan John George, Baron George, GBE, PC, DL (16 September 1938 – 18 April 2009), known as Eddie George, or "Steady Eddie", was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003.
George was born and grew up in Carshalton, the son of Post Office clerk Alan and wife Olive. He attended the independent school Dulwich College on a scholarship. He carried out his National Service at the Joint Services School for Linguists, where he learnt to speak Russian.
Having graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he joined the Bank of England in 1962. Apart from secondments to Moscow State University, the Bank for International Settlements and the International Monetary Fund, he remained there throughout his career.
He married Vanessa Williams in Surrey in 1962. They had been sweethearts since the age of 14.
On 18 April 2009, George, a heavy smoker, died of lung cancer. He is survived by his wife, their son and two daughters.
George was appointed Governor of the Bank of England in 1993,...
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