Chesterton attended RMC Sandhurst, before being commissioned in the Irish Guards. He served with distinction during World War II and was decorated with the Military Cross.
After military service, he returned to the family business where his market knowledge was much in demand, not least as a long-serving Commissioner of the Crown Estates.
From 1962, he was a director of The Woolwich, which was in the process of expanding from its south London origins, by a series of acquisitions of smaller societies, to become one of Britain's leading mortgage lenders.
Chesterton was chairman of the Woolwich Equitable from 1976 to 1983, often acting as spokesman for the building society sector as a whole at a time of high interest rates, restricted mortgage availability and, towards the end of his tenure, rapidly rising house prices.
Chesterton's family had been engaged as land agents in Kensington since the end of the eighteenth century.[2] One of his uncles was the celebrated writer and poet, G. K. Chesterton.[3]
He married, in 1944, Violet Ethel Jameson, who died in 2004. They had two sons and a daughter.[4]
oliver, chesterton, oliver, sidney, chesterton, january, 1913, october, 2007, british, businessmen, managing, partner, chestertons, estate, agency, chesterton, successfully, expanded, family, firm, traditional, residential, portfolio, into, commercial, sector,. Sir Oliver Sidney Chesterton MC 28 January 1913 14 October 2007 was a British businessmen who was managing partner of Chestertons Estate Agency Chesterton successfully expanded his family firm s traditional residential portfolio into the commercial sector and The City 1 Contents 1 Biography 2 Family 3 Honours 4 References 5 External linksBiography editThe son of the architect Frank Chesterton he attended Rugby School before qualifying as a chartered surveyor in 1934 and later was promoted FRICS Chesterton attended RMC Sandhurst before being commissioned in the Irish Guards He served with distinction during World War II and was decorated with the Military Cross After military service he returned to the family business where his market knowledge was much in demand not least as a long serving Commissioner of the Crown Estates From 1962 he was a director of The Woolwich which was in the process of expanding from its south London origins by a series of acquisitions of smaller societies to become one of Britain s leading mortgage lenders Chesterton was chairman of the Woolwich Equitable from 1976 to 1983 often acting as spokesman for the building society sector as a whole at a time of high interest rates restricted mortgage availability and towards the end of his tenure rapidly rising house prices He was also a director of Trust Houses Forte the hotel chain whose extensive portfolio included the Grosvenor House in Park Lane Chesterton served as president of the RICS in its bicentenary year 1968 69 the first Master of the newly created Chartered Surveyors Company in 1977 and secretary and president of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy He also served as Master of the Curriers Company Chesterton was vice chairman of the Royal Free Medical School and a governor of Rugby School He was knighted in the 1969 Birthday Honours Family editChesterton s family had been engaged as land agents in Kensington since the end of the eighteenth century 2 One of his uncles was the celebrated writer and poet G K Chesterton 3 He married in 1944 Violet Ethel Jameson who died in 2004 They had two sons and a daughter 4 Honours edit nbsp Knight Bachelor 1969 nbsp Military Cross 1943 nbsp Knight of Malta 1968 References edit Sir Oliver Chesterton 6 November 2007 Retrieved 1 April 2019 via www telegraph co uk Chesterton Humberts history Retrieved 1 April 2019 The Crusades Seeking The Truth Faith Movement www faith org uk Retrieved 1 April 2019 Mosley Charles ed 2003 Burke s Peerage Baronetage amp Knightage 107th edition London Burke s Peerage amp Gentry Ltd p 762 CHESTERTON K ISBN 0 9711966 2 1 External links editwww chestertons com www curriers co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oliver Chesterton amp oldid 1172290100, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
