Claude Evan (Arthur) Loombe, CMG^{[1, 2, 3]}

1905 - 1978  (72 years)

• Name	Claude Evan (Arthur) Loombe
  Suffix	CMG
  Birth	9 Aug 1905	Norwich, Norfolk, England UK
  	The birth of Claude Evan Loombe was registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1905, Norwich, Norfolk, England, v. 4b, p. 181.
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Feb 1978	Portugal
  	DOD from UK probate. Obituary says while on holiday in Portugal Tribute in The Times [London], 4 Mar 1978, p. 16.
  Notes	Occupation: banker. Chartered Bank; Reserve Bank of India during WWII, in charge of foreign exchange control for Iran; middle east specialist, Bank of England; - 1975, Chairman, British Bank of the Middle East. Residence of parents: Norwich, England Overseas registry, 8 Nov 1943, employed by the Ministry of Finance, Official Iraq Government; address: c/o British Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq. 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.
  Person ID	I3118	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Arthur Thomas (Thomas) Loombe,   b. 17 Jul 1859, Norfolk, England UK d. 29 Apr 1908, Norwich, Norfolk, England UK (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Catherine Jane Jermy,   b. Abt 1868, Norwich, Norfolk, England UK d. 28 Aug 1925, Croydon, Surrey, England UK (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Jul 1890	Norwich, Norfolk, England UK
  Family ID	F123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Zoë Isabella (Robert) Hotchkis,   b. 06 Jun 1913, Mid-Dyke-Bar, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland UK d. Nov 2003, Sussex, England UK (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	08 Feb 1936	St. Andrews Scots Kirk, Colombo, 73 Galle Rd, Ceylon/Sri Lanka
  	Marriage notice in The Times [London], 12 Feb 1936, p. 1.
  Children	1. Deirdra Catherine E. (Claude) Loombe,   b. 12 Oct 1939, St. Andrews, Scotland UK d. 1 Sep 1999, Chichester, Sussex, England UK (Age 59 years) + 2. Living + 3. Living
  Family ID	F1317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Aug 1905 - Norwich, Norfolk, England UK Marriage - 08 Feb 1936 - St. Andrews Scots Kirk, Colombo, 73 Galle Rd, Ceylon/Sri Lanka Death - 12 Feb 1978 - Portugal  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Claude Evan Loombe 1978 UK Probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S154] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921. [S119] 1911 England Census.