Gerard d'Erlanger

Baron Sir Gerard John Regis Leo d'Erlanger, CBE (1906–1962) was a merchant banker in London (partner of Erlanger Ltd. and Myers & Co) and aviation enthusiast.

Baron d'Erlanger was the second son of Emile Beaumont Baron d’Erlanger (1866–1939), banker and musician, and his wife Catherine, Baroness d'Erlanger, née Catherine Robert d'Aqueria de Rochegude. (See: Erlanger family tree). His daughter, Mary Caroline d'Erlanger, married Winston Churchill, the grandson of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.

He helped form British Airways and became the chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). At the outset of the Second World War, he successfully lobbied for creation of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) which he then commanded.[1] In the 1943 New Year Honours, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the ATA.[2] In 1928, he married composer Edythe Baker.[3] They divorced in 1934.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Masefield, Peter G.; Higham, Robin (2004). "D'Erlanger, Sir Gerard John Regis Leo (1906–1962)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32789. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ "No. 35841". The London Gazette. 29 December 1942. p. 15.
  3. ↑ Londré, Felicia Hardison (2007). The Enchanted Years of the Stage, by Felicia Hardison Londre. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-6585-2. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Biography by Bill Edwards". Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2024.


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