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| Description | Papers regarding Sir Cash, including photograph of Cash at 90th anniversary celebrations at Kensington Preparatory School, 1963, by an unknown photographer; portrait photograph of Cash by Baron Studios (copyright owned by Abbey National Building Society); his entry from the GPDST 'Who's Who'; papers regarding Cash's article on the history of Direct Grant Schools, 1956-1963; correspondence, 1944-1962, including the Trust's involvement in the youth orchestra movement, the display of work by pupils from Bath High School in the United Nations Building in New York, an account by a Trust teacher on a visit to Sudan (1955); papers regarding his knighthood, 1956-1958, including image of his coat of arms, poem written and luncheon held in his honour; press cuttings regarding Cash, 1958-1964, including obituaries; papers regarding the organisation of his memorial service, 1964; letters regarding bequests to the Friends of the Trust, 1963-1967; letters of condolence, 1964. |
| AdminHistory | Cash was born 18 Jun 1891. He was educated at Haileybury College and Balliol College, Oxford. From 1914 he trained as an accountant at the firm Stone, Cash & Co, which was started by his father. He qualified in 1918 and later became a senior partner of the firm. In 1932 he married Hilda Mary Napier. He became a director of the National Building Society in 1938 after serving as a directors' auditor. He remained on the Board when the Society merged with the Abbey Road Building Society to become the Abbey National Building Society and was the chairman of the Finance Committee in 1949. He later became the Chair of the Board of Directors in 1963. He was also involved in several other businesses including the Neuchatel Asphalte Company and Lambton Close Holdings. He was also a member of the Godstone Rural Council, 1916-1919; member of Essex County Council, 1925-1928; served on the Royal Commission on Civil Service, 1929-1931 and 1953-1955. He was knighted in 1958. He was also the vice-chairman and trustee of the Industrial Christian Fellowship and a Licensed Lay Reader in the Diocese of Oxford. He died in May 1964.
He was a member of the Council of the Girl's School Trust, 1944-1964; Deputy Chair of the Council, 1946-1948, and Chairman of the Council, 1948-1964. He was also instrumental in the reconstruction of the Trust in 1950 and served on the Education and Sites and Buildings Committees. He was the founder of the Friends of the GPDST and their chairman from 1952. His wife was also an active member of the Trust. |