Frederick Leith-Ross
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Sir Frederick William Leith-Ross, GCMG, KCB was a Scottish economist who was chief adviser to the UK government from 1932 to 1945.
Leith-Ross in 1932
Leith-Ross (third from left, glasses) at the Lausanne Conference in July 1932
HM Treasury
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His Majesty's Treasury is the Government of the United Kingdom’s economic and finance ministry, managing the United Kingdom's public spending and setting its economic policy.
Frederick Leith-Ross
…Scotland. He was the brother of the artist Harry Leith-Ross (1886–1973). After graduating with a double first from Balliol College, Oxford, he joined the Treasury in 1909. Leith-Ross was appointed as a Private Secretary to H. H. Asquith, the prime minister, in 1911. Between 1932 and 1945 he was chief economic…
1 Horse Guards Road in Westminster, London
Wooden tally sticks used by the Normans as receipts for money.
Whitehall Palace seen from the Thames in the mid-1600s.
Kent's Treasury is the squared stone building in the middle.