Claude Evan (Arthur) Loombe, CMG

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Claude E. Loombe attended the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, 1-22 Jul 1944, as a member of the Iraq delegation. Described as: Comptroller of Exchange and Currency Officer; British subject; previously banker with the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (1930s); exchange control officer, Reserve Bank of India (1942?). (Kurt Schuler and Mark Bernkopf, "Who Was at Bretton Woods," Center for Financial Stability, 1 Jul 2014).

Claude Evan Loombe, Esq., adviser to the Bank of England, awarded Companion, Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, London Gazette, 10 Jun 1961, p. 4146.

Residence: at DOD, 64 Shepherds Way, Liphook, Hampshire, England UK

Deirdre C. E Loombe, Zoe I Loombe and Claude E. Loombe, 10 Maori Road, Guildford, Surrey are on the 1961, 1962 England electoral register.

1911 England Census for the household at 11 Trix Road, Norwich, headed by Catherine Jane Loombe, 43, widowed, private means; son Cecil Arthur Loombe, 17, commercial clerk; daughter Olive Teresa Loombe, 12, pupil; son Claude Evan Loombe, 5, all single; step-mother Sarah Jermy, 81, all b. Norwich.

1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Claude Evan Loombe, b. 1905, Norwich, Norfolk; Catherine Jane Loombe, b. 1867, Norwich; Cecil Arthur Loombe, b. 1893, Norwich; in a household in Norwich, Norfolk.

Birth:
The birth of Claude Evan Loombe was registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1905, Norwich, Norfolk, England, v. 4b, p. 181.

Died:
Tribute in The Times [London], 4 Mar 1978, p. 16.

Claude married Zoë Isabella (Robert) Hotchkis on 08 Feb 1936 in St. Andrews Scots Kirk, Colombo, 73 Galle Rd, Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Zoë (daughter of Dr. Robert Dunmore (Richard) Hotchkis and Penelope (Alexander) Ionides) was born on 06 Jun 1913 in Mid-Dyke-Bar, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland UK; died in Nov 2003 in Sussex, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Marriage notice in The Times [London], 12 Feb 1936, p. 1.

1. Deirdra Catherine E. (Claude) Loombe was born on 12 Oct 1939 in St. Andrews, Scotland UK; died on 1 Sep 1999 in Chichester, Sussex, England UK.
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3. Living

Arthur married Catherine Jane Jermy in Jul 1890 in Norwich, Norfolk, England UK. Catherine was born about 1868 in Norwich, Norfolk, England UK; died on 28 Aug 1925 in Croydon, Surrey, England UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Claude Evan Loombe, b. 1905, Norwich, Norfolk; Catherine Jane Loombe, b. 1867, Norwich; Cecil Arthur Loombe, b. 1893, Norwich; in a household in Norwich, Norfolk.

1911 England Census for the household at 11 Trix Road, Norwich, headed by Catherine Jane Loombe, 43, widowed, private means; son Cecil Arthur Loombe, 17, commercial clerk; daughter Olive Teresa Loombe, 12, pupil; son Claude Evan Loombe, 5, all single; step-mother Sarah Jermy, 81, all b. Norwich.