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Frederick (‘Fritz’) Huth Jackson, the son of Thomas Hughes Jackson and Hermione Meinertzhagen, was a partner in the merchant banking firm of Frederick Huth & Co., founded by his grandfather, as well as being the youngest ever director of the Bank of England, a Privy Councillor and a prominent figure in the City of London.
In 1895 Huth Jackson married the beautiful Clara Annabel Caroline (‘Tiny’) Grant Duff, daughter of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff and Anna Julia Webster, who was the subject of a beguiling oil portrait by Sargent in 1907 (R. Ormond, John Singer Sargent, Later Portraits, New Haven and London, 2003, no. 538). The couple had three daughters, one of whom, Anne Fremantle, wrote a memoir, Three-Cornered Heart (London, 1971). Their house at Rutland Gate was a hub for Edwardian society, and frequent guests included William Butler Yeats, Henry James, Bertrand Russell and Vernon Lee, as well as Sargent who was a friend of the family. The letters which accompany this drawing demonstrate the closeness between artist and sitter:.... [QUOTE]
Huth Jackson's career and influence was cut short by his premature death in 1921, but it is widely acknowledged that otherwise he likely would have become the youngest ever Governor of the Bank of England. He played an important role in negotiations between the government and the City, and even before the outbreak of World War I was investigating how Britain would feed itself in the event of conflict breaking out.
After his death Frederick Huth & Co. got into financial trouble and merged with Konig Brothers, who moved into their offices in Tokenhouse Yard.
In 1895 Huth Jackson married the beautiful Clara Annabel Caroline (‘Tiny’) Grant Duff, daughter of Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff and Anna Julia Webster, who was the subject of a beguiling oil portrait by Sargent in 1907 (R. Ormond, John Singer Sargent, Later Portraits, New Haven and London, 2003, no. 538). The couple had three daughters, one of whom, Anne Fremantle, wrote a memoir, Three-Cornered Heart (London, 1971). Their house at Rutland Gate was a hub for Edwardian society, and frequent guests included William Butler Yeats, Henry James, Bertrand Russell and Vernon Lee, as well as Sargent who was a friend of the family. The letters which accompany this drawing demonstrate the closeness between artist and sitter:.... [QUOTE]
Huth Jackson's career and influence was cut short by his premature death in 1921, but it is widely acknowledged that otherwise he likely would have become the youngest ever Governor of the Bank of England. He played an important role in negotiations between the government and the City, and even before the outbreak of World War I was investigating how Britain would feed itself in the event of conflict breaking out.
After his death Frederick Huth & Co. got into financial trouble and merged with Konig Brothers, who moved into their offices in Tokenhouse Yard.