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Noel Newton NETHERSOLE |
| Prefix |
The Honourable |
| Nickname |
Crab |
| Born |
2 Nov 1903 |
47 James Street, Kingston, Jamaica  |
- Also incorrectly recorded as 17/11/1903.
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Noel Newton Nethersole
Birth registration |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
1923 |
- NETHERSOLE, Noel Newton (Lincoln). b. 2 November 1903. Educ. Jamaica College. Read Law. Practice Law, Jamaica 1926-. Vice Pres. People's National Party. Mem. House of Representatives 1949. Minister of Finance, 1955. D. 17 March 1959.
Source: http://www.rhodes-caribbean.com/register1.html
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| Occupation |
Between 1926 and 1939 |
| Cricketer representing Jamaica. Left-hand batsman. |
- NETHERSOLE, MR. NOEL NEWTON, who died at Kingston, Jamaica, on March 17, aged 55, was a good left-handed all-rounder who failed to get a Blue when going up to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1933. He played for Oxfordshire before returning home and captaining Jamaica for several seasons. From 1939 to 1955 "Crab" Nethcrsole served on the West Indies Board of Control and he had been a member of the House of Representatives since 1949.
Source: www.cricinfo.com
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| Living |
12 Oct 1945 |
Beechwood Avenue, Kingston, Jamaica |
| Occupation |
Between 1955 and 1959 |
Jamaica |
| Minister of Finance |
- Noel Newton Nethersole, whose statue stands tall in front of the Bank of Jamaica building, was Minister of Finance in the years 1955 to 1959. A Rhodes scholar and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Jamaica, Mr. Nethersole was placid and tenacious of character, dispersing his energies "amongst many avocations".
As Minister of Finance, his portfolio included public finance, financial planning, taxation, banking and currency and exchange control. He is credited with having a clear-sighted understanding of the real necessities of national independence. During his term of office as Minister of Finance, Nethersole worked to achieve three goals:
* to create within the Government, an effective instrument for the centralization of financial control and the development of financial policy;
* to establish modern techniques of financial management; and
* to stimulate and foster the growth of modern financial institutions.
Mr. Nethersole foresaw the need for the establishment of a stock exchange, a development bank and a central bank as tools necessary for the execution of a sound monetary policy. By the time of his death at the age of 57 in 1959, plans for the establishment of the Central Bank were well underway.
Noel Nethersole's portrait appeared on the $20 note which circulated between 1976 and 2000.
In 1960, Mr. Vernon Arnett, in speaking on the bill dealing with the creation of the Central Bank, could say this of Mr. Nethersole:
"It had long been his profound conclusion that the organization of the financial institutions of the country were an indispensable part of our economic development and that the development of these institutions would give reality to our political status and enable Jamaica to press forward with its economic progress in an orderly and coherent manner."
Source: Bank of Jamaica http://www.boj.org.jm/bank_father.php
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Noel Newton Nethersole (1903-1959)
His portrait appeared on the $20 note in circulation between 1976 and 2000 |
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Noel Newton Nethersole (1903-1959)
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Noel Newton Nethersole (1903-1959)
Statue in front of the Bank of Jamaica building |
| Travel |
19 May 1957 |
New York, USA |
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Noel Newton Nethersole & Elsie Maud nee Ennever
BOAC passenger manifest |
| Died |
Mar 1959 |
Kingston, Jamaica |
- Obituary in Wisden
NETHERSOLE, MR. NOEL NEWTON, who died at Kingston, Jamaica, on March 17, aged 55, was a good left-handed all-rounder who failed to get a Blue when going up to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1933. He played for Oxfordshire before returning home and captaining Jamaica for several seasons. From 1939 to 1955 "Crab" Nethcrsole served on the West Indies Board of Control and he had been a member of the House of Representatives since 1949.
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Noel Newton Nethersole (1903-1959)
Obituary. Source The Times 19/3/1959 |
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NOEL NEWTON NETHERSOLE
A Short Study by James Carnegie
Published by Bank of Jamaica
November 1975 |
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Noel Newton Nethersole (1903-1959)
Obituary - The Times 31/5/1959 |
| Person ID |
I7754 |
3. Jamaican Ennever/ors |
| Last Modified |
22 Jun 2012 |
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All family members who I have found featured in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or its Australian equivalent, Who's Who 2008 or with an obituary in The Times. |
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