Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley

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Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley GBE (November 21, 1871 - July 20, 1954) was a British businessman, banker and public servant. He became a member of the London Stock Exchange in 1901 and a partner in Lazard Brothers in 1905, a firm he would be involved with for the rest of his life. He was Chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company between 1916 and 1925 and a Director of the Bank of England from 1919 to 1946. In 1924 he was the senior British representative on the Dawes Committee.

Kindersley is chiefly recognised for his work as President of the National Savings Committee from 1920 to 1946. He was also a major shareholder in the Canadian National Railway, and the town of Kindersley, Saskatchewan, was named after him. In 1941 Kindersley was raised to the peerage as Baron Kindersley, of West Hoathly in the County of Suffolk. Lord Kindersley died on July 20, 1954, aged 82. He was succeeded in the Barony by his second son Hugh, his eldest son Lionel having been killed in action in the First World War.