>>grandson of W F Tuke, who was chairman from 1934 to 1936. The Tuke family descended from Quaker tea and cocoa merchants in York and became partners in two banks - Sharples, Tuke, Lucas & Seebohm at Hitchin, and Gibson, Tuke & Gibson of Saffron Walden - which were among the 20 private banks amalgamated in 1896 to form Barclays. The chairmanship of Barclays was held within the original proprietor families throughout most of the following century. Anthony's great-grandfather, W M Tuke, had become a local director of Barclays at Saffron Walden at the time of the amalgamation.<< ======= http://www.geocities.com/jfkinfo5/testimony/voshin_i.htm *** Mr. VOSHININ - Our pastor himself, was a former Baptist who, through study of church history, became Orthodox. Mr. JENNER - Is this group - and I'm going to call the group both Bouhe's following as well as the group in which you move - are they, by and large people who have enjoyed higher education either in this country or in Europe, or Asia? Mr. VOSHININ - No; in Bouhe's group there are only a few people with higher education; whereas, in our group, I would say there is a lot of people with higher education. We have doctors and engineers and - Mr. JENNER - These people, I take it, are interested in the welfare of others in the group - in the general sense of the word? Mr. VOSHININ - Yes. Mr. JENNER - Now, did there move into this community or come into this community that we have now described largely in terms of church, some people by the name - or a man by the name-whose last name was DeMohrenschildt? Mr. VOSHININ - Yes - except that he is an atheist and doesn't believe in God. Mr. JENNER - Yes, he is an atheist - but he did arrive on the scene or he was on the scene - Mr. VOSHININ - Oh, he was on the scene for a long time before we arrived here. Mr. JENNER - He was here? Mr. VOSHININ - Yes; he was here. Mr. JENNER - When you came here then, in September 1955, you found DeMohrenschildt already here? Mr. VOSHININ - Oh, yes. Mr. JENNER - And was he active among these people - even though, as you say, he's an atheist? Mr. VOSHININ - Oh, he was singing in the church choir. Mr. JENNER - He was singing in the church choir even though - Mr. VOSHININ - At St. Nicholas. Mr. JENNER - Even though he was an atheist? Mr. VOSHININ - That's right. Mr. JENNER - Well, that's rather unusual. How did that strike you? Mr. VOSHININ - Well, it struck me unusual but he said he was educated in that religion and somehow by habit continued coming once in awhile to church. Mr. JENNER - Even though he didn't believe in church? Mr. VOSHININ - Oh, he said he doesn't believe in it but - Mr. JENNER - And was DeMohrenschildt married at that time? Mr. VOSHININ - Yes, sir. Mr. JENNER - To whom? Mr. VOSHININ - To the Sharples girl. Mr. JENNER - What are they - Quakers? Mr. VOSHININ - Yes, I guess so. Dee Dee, I think, was her name. I don't know what it stands for. She was a medical doctor - his wife. *** Mr. VOSHININ - Yeah. Well, DeMohrenschildt comes from a Swedish family. Mr. JENNER - You mean, by reputation, he was born in Sweden? Mr. VOSHININ - No. He was born, as I heard, in Baku in Azerbaijan. This is part of Southern Russia and Baku is in Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea. Mr. JENNER - Yes. Mr. VOSHININ - And I understand that his father was a nobleman and born in Russia somewhere from Swedish parents - and that he was a rich man and - Mr. JENNER - His father was a rich man? Mr. VOSHININ - Yes; and they had some big land, too, and probably some other interests which led him to go to Baku, because Baku is the oil town in Russia. So, probably a very substantially rich man. As he said, during the revolution, his father was arrested - I don't know by whom - and I think his mother, too, as I understand, and he, as a small boy, was running on the streets, was completely wild and hungry. And then his father somehow managed, and his mother, managed to get out of prison, and they moved to Poland. He told us that he got his high school education in Poland and then went to the military school in Poland and finished the military school and became a Polish cavalry officer - and he was proudly showing his picture, you know, of him on a horse in a wonderful uniform. So - but, somehow, he did not like the military life, so he resigned and went to school in France and Belgium, I guess, and, as he told us-I never saw his diploma - but he told us he has a Ph.D. degree in economics. Mr. JENNER - From a school in Belgium? Mr. VOSHININ - Belgium or in France. I don't know. I - you know, I don't like to question people too much. Mr. JENNER - No. All you're doing is giving me what he said and what is at large in the community we talked about. Mr. VOSHININ - Yeah. So - but I don't know exactly, you know, if I would think if it would be of interest for anybody I would try to remember, of course, better but - somewhere, I don't know. He probably told me from which school it was, but I don't remember. After that, he decided to emigrate to the United States, came here and saw that what he learned was of no use, so he went to school again - and he went to school in Austin. Mr. JENNER - Austin, Tex.? Mr. VOSHININ - Austin, Tex. - and in Colorado. Now, whether it was Colorado the University or Colorado the School of Mines, I don't know. But he finally became a petroleum engineer. As I understand, he earned his master's degree. After that, he went to work in some southern American country or - I think he was sometime in Mexico and in some other country - I think it was Venezuela, which I'm not sure again, it might be something else. And - uh - then I think he returned here again during the war. Mr. JENNER - That's the Second World War? Mr. VOSHININ - Yes; during the Second World War, and - Mr. JENNER - When you say, "returned here," do you mean returned to the Dallas area or to the United States? Mr. VOSHININ - To the United States. Mr. JENNER - All right. Mr. VOSHININ - What he did during the war, I don't know; but, after the war, he was working for some oil company. I think he had connections with the oil company in which his father-in-law, Sharples, had some interest - because he was receiving some money from that company even after he divorced his wife-until it finally stopped. But he was - I remember that he was saying, "Well, they stopped my money I received from the Sharples Co." He says "Now, they got me with this thing. I am not a consultant any more." He was some kind of consultant for that company - I don't know what of, the 456 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- company's, that is. So, therefore, you know, I learned that he had received that all the time though. I don't imagine it was too much money, but helping him. And, finally, he wanted to go on his own and make money the whole time, you know. So, he opened his own office and was drilling for oil and made also some consultations. And I know that before we came here he was very successful in the Caribbean area, and he got big money - real big money. Mr. JENNER - This is by reputation? Mr. VOSHININ - Yeah; but he always was bragging about him finding oil some where. I don't know whether it was Cuba or Haiti. I think it was Cuba. But that must be in 1953 - something like that - because I know he was always running around talking about income tax on that money because it was such a deal outside the country, you know, present certain difficulties and you have to ask the lawyers, you know, which year you receive that and so on. So, he was always consulting some specialist about what to do about that sort of thing. Mr. JENNER - This is what he said anyway? - Mr. VOSHININ - That's what he said anyway. I was never in business with him - so I don't know. So, shortly after that, after we came here-you see, how we met him, my wife is a geologist with a Master Degree from Rutgers University; and we were looking, you know, when we came through this area, we were looking for such a place which would he good for my health and which also would give her the possibility to work in her profession - and not be so noisy as New York is. So, she was looking for a job - which was very difficult for a beginner, you know, a woman geologist - though we have a dozen of them here. But - so Bouhe gave us - he said, "There is a Russian geologist" - so Bouhe gave my wife the address of Mr. DeMohrenschildt's office. He has a very good - beautiful office in First National Bank. So - Mr. JENNER - And that's how you met DeMohrenschildt? Mr. VOSHININ - That's how we met DeMohrenschildt. So, my wife worked there for about - Mr. JENNER - She worked in his office? Mr. VOSHININ - Yeah, for half a day - part-time. Mr. DeMohrenschildt, he was very nice and he said, "Well, I don't have any thing but you can - I want to bring my files in order, you know, and you help me a little so for sometimes I can give you something to start with - and I have a big friend of mine, Mr. Henry Rogatz, who is looking for an assistant. So, he called him on the telephone and he said, "I have an assistant for you, it's a girl, she can help you in geology and all your work." So, Henry hired my wife for that first month at half-day - she worked half a day for DeMohrenschildt and half a day for Rogatz. And my wife only worked for DeMohrenschildt, I think, 2 or 3 weeks and then she moved to Rogatz' office and worked there for the whole day until he retired - which was about a year and a half ago. So, all that time, my wife worked for Henry Rogatz. And DeMohrenschildt, in that winter, divorced his wife and closed his office. Mr. JENNER - What year was this? Mr. VOSHININ - Well, he divorced his wife-that was 1956, I would say, and he had trouble with his wife, I think, beginning in that winter - 1955 or 1956 - and finally he divorced her and after - sometimes after that he also closed his office. I don't know which year exactly he closed his office but that must be around 1956. -----Original Message----- From: LexisNexis (TM) Print Delivery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 12:21 PM Subject: LexisNexis(TM) Email Request (702:0:33859341) > 108P9Z > > > >Print Request: Selected Document(s): 5 > >Time of Request: August 29, 2001 01:19 pm EST > >Number of Lines: 101 >Job Number: 702:0:33859341 > >Client ID/Project Name: > >Research Information: > > > > > >Note: > > > PAGE 1 > > > 5 of 40 DOCUMENTS > > Copyright 2001 Telegraph Group Limited > > THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) > > March 08, 2001, Thursday > >SECTION: Pg. 25 > >LENGTH: 1052 words > >HEADLINE: Obituary of Sir Anthony Tuke Chairman of Barclays Bank, RTZ, the Savoy >and MCC who stoutly defended business interests in South Africa > >BODY: >SIR ANTHONY TUKE, who has died aged 80, was chairman of Barclays Bank, as his >father and grandfather had been, and later headed RTZ, the international mining >company, and the Savoy Hotels group. He was also chairman of MCC. > > Tuke was an internationalist who saw his role as that of a roving ambassador >- he once counted 148 airports visited in six years - rather than a technocrat. >As a decision-maker he preferred to rely more on robust instinct than on complex >analysis. > > By training he was a practical banker, who had made his name in Barclays' >Luton and Birmingham districts before moving to more senior levels. His >instincts were well respected by his peers and subordinates, and his style, >though blustery, was genial. > > During his tenure, which began at the time of the "fringe bank" crisis in >1973 and ended in the recession of 1981, Barclays was the clear market leader in >domestic high street banking, though progress was constrained by a weak economy >and a Labour government whose backbenchers clamoured for bank >nationalisation. The major strategic advance was the launch of a campaign to >sell banking services to the "unbanked," the half of the adult population who >received their wages in cash and had never opened an account. > > Overseas it was a period of broad expansion - particularly in Asia and >America, but also in places as far afield as Moscow and Fiji. This was much >driven by Tuke's personal enthusiasm, but some of it was later to be regretted. >The number of countries in which Barclays operated doubled during his >chairmanship, to more than 80. > > A recurrent theme of Tuke's career at Barclays, RTZ and MCC was controversy >about South Africa. In the face of fierce student protest at annual general >meetings and elsewhere, he defended Barclays' position as a prominent investor >in South Africa - on the grounds that the company's withdrawal would do nothing >to improve matters, while the bank's continuing presence in the country as a >determinedly liberal employer was a force for good. In South Africa itself, he >repeatedly sought to meet black leaders in order to underline the bank's >anti-apartheid stance. > > Tuke's chairmanship of MCC in 1982-3 coincided with the Gleneagles agreement >by Commonwealth leaders calling for a ban on sporting links with South Africa. > PAGE 2 > THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) March 08, 2001, Thursday > >It fell to him to chair a heated open debate of MCC members and public figures >at Central Hall, Westminster on the possibility of an English tour (which did >not, in the end, proceed) and to conduct discreet discussions with the South >African cricketing authorities when RTZ business took him there. > > His chairmanship of the Savoy group from 1984 to 1994, an appointment >appropriate to his bon vivant tastes, brought him into controversy of a >different sort - the bitter rivalry between Sir Hugh Wontner, the veteran Savoy >chief whom he succeeded, and Sir Charles (later Lord) Forte. The latter's >company controlled 70 per cent of the Savoy's shares but only a minority of the >voting rights; and Wontner was determined to keep the influence of Forte at bay. > > Tuke declared that he was determined to maintain the Savoy's fullest >traditions, "down to the amount of butter you are given at breakfast" - a >reference to Forte's supposed devotion to portion control. But he was able to >oversee a compromise which gave Forte's managers a limited say in the running of >the Savoy hotels in return for a commitment to buy no more shares. > > Anthony Favill Tuke was born on August 22, 1920, the son of A W ("Iron") >Tuke, his predecessor but one as Barclays' chairman from 1951 to 1962, and >grandson of W F Tuke, who was chairman from 1934 to 1936. The Tuke family >descended from Quaker tea and cocoa merchants in York and became partners in two >banks - Sharples, Tuke, Lucas & Seebohm at Hitchin, and Gibson, Tuke & Gibson of >Saffron Walden - which were among the 20 private banks amalgamated in 1896 to >form Barclays. The chairmanship of Barclays was held within the original >proprietor families throughout most of the following century. Anthony's >great-grandfather, W M Tuke, had become a local director of Barclays at Saffron >Walden at the time of the amalgamation. > > Anthony was educated at Winchester and Magdalene College, Cambridge where his >studies were interrupted by the outbreak of war. He served with the Scots Guards >from 1940 to 1946, rising to the rank of major. > > Tuke joined Barclays in 1946 and served his apprenticeship in branches in the >West End of London - dealing with night club accounts - and, briefly, in South >Africa. He became a local director in Luton in 1952. In 1964 he was appointed >head of the Birmingham district, and in 1965 a director. > > His career became predominantly international from 1966, when he became a >director of what was then still Barclays Dominion, Colonial & Overseas; he was >vice-chairman of the renamed Barclays Bank International from 1968 and chairman >from 1972 until 1979. In 1977 he was the first British banker to be president of >the International Monetary Conference, a prestigious association of commercial >banks. > > Tuke was a robust defender of the system of family succession which survived >within Barclays long after the families' shareholding in the bank had reduced to >insignificance. "If it is to be criticised as bad, you have got to be able to >say that Barclays has lost out," he maintained. It was certainly true that >Barclays had prospered and advanced under his stewardship; the bank was probably >at the zenith of its fortunes as he departed. > > He was chairman of RTZ from 1981 to 1985 and deputy chairman of Royal >Insurance from 1985. He remained a director of Barclays until 1990. > > PAGE 3 > THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON) March 08, 2001, Thursday > > Although no sportsman, Tuke was an enthusiastic sponsor. Besides his >involvement in cricket, he was chairman of the 1980 British Olympic Appeal. At >his instigation, Barclays provided funding for the British ski team and the 1975 >Everest expedition. He also inherited from his father a liking for Gilbert and >Sullivan, and a connection with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust, of which he was >vice-chairman. Barclays helped to rescue the opera company in 1978. > > He was a trustee of Westminster Abbey and of the Winston Churchill Memorial >Trust. He was knighted in 1979. > > He married, in 1946, Emilia Mila, whom he had met in Yugoslavia during the >war. They had a son and a daughter. > >LOAD-DATE: March 8, 2001 > >
