John Fforde

John Fforde
John Standish Fforde, C.1972
Born	16 November 1921 Dorset, United Kingdom
Died	10 April 2000 (aged 78) Hereford, United Kingdom
Occupation	Economist

John Standish Fforde was a British economist who was active in the Bank of England between 1957 and 1984.^[1] As Chief Cashier between 1966 and 1970, his signature appeared on British Bank Notes. After retirement he became the Bank of England's official Historian, and wrote The Bank Of England And Public Policy, which covered the years 1941 to 1958.

In 1951 John Fforde married Marya Retinger, the daughter of Austro-Hungarian (later, Polish) political adviser Joseph Retinger, and a granddaughter of journalist E. D. Morel. They have three sons and one daughter, including novelist Jasper Fforde.

Fforde's work Bank of England's History: The Bank Of England And Public Policy (1941–1958) was published in 1992.^[1]

Posts held

• Prime Minister's Statistical Branch 1951- 53
• Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford 1953-56
• Staff, Bank of England 1957-84
• Deputy Chief, Central Banking Information Department 1959- 64
• Adviser to the Governors 1964-66, 1982–84
• Chief Cashier 1966- 70
• Executive Director (Home Finance) 1970-82
• Official historian to the Bank of England, 1984–92

Publications

• The Federal Reserve System, 1945-49 (1953)
• The Bank of England and Public Policy 1941-1958 (1992)

References

1. Coleby, Tony (10 May 2000). "John Fforde obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2013.