Edward Alan John George, Baron George GBE PC DL , known as Eddie George, or Steady Eddie, was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003 and sat on the board of Rothschild.
George was born and grew up in Carshalton, the son of Alan, a Post Office clerk, and his wife Olive. He attended the independent school Dulwich College on a scholarship. He carried out his National Service at the Joint Services School for Linguists, where he learnt to speak Russian. He attended and graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
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