Clarence Charles Hatry
Clarence Charles Hatry (1888–1965) was a company promoter, financier, bankrupt, bookseller and publisher. The fall of the Hatry group in September 1929 is widely credited as a contributing factor to the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Born the son of Julius Hatry, a Silk Merchant.
1911 Living at 10 Highfield Avenue, Golders Green: Clarence Charles Hatry (age 22 born Hampstead), Electrical Engineer, Managing Director - Employer. With his wife Violet and their son Cecil Adrian.[1]
1919 Joined board of Leyland Motors
1929 September: Share Settlement Postponed. Drapery Trust Ordinary Shares Freed, Preference Suspended. The decision of the Stock Exchange Committee to defer for month settlement in the eight Hatry ...[2]
The stocks the Hatry Group in which the public is interested are Photomatons, Associated Automatics, Retail Trade Securities, Oak Investment Corporation, and Corporation and General Securities.[3]
1929 October: Another sequel to the Hatry business is to be found in the circular which has been issued by Allied Ironfounders, the light castings amalgamation which Mr. Hatry arranged this year.[4]
Clarence Charles Hatry and his three co-directors — Edmond Daniels, Albert Tabor, and John Goodfellow Dixon — appeared in the Guildhall, London, yesterday on a charge of conspiracy.[5]
1929 November: "Mr. Roome remarked that he had noticed some comment in the Press that the Drapery Trust was not controlled by any one of the Hatry companies. Counsel said he thought it right to say that after Debenham’s Ltd., acquired the controlling ..."[6]
1930 Sentenced to 14 years in prison[7] (two of them at hard labour) and sent to Brixton Prison.
1939 Living in Marylebone, Author and Financial Adviser. With Cecil.[8]
1965 June 10th. Died. Probate to Violet Marguerite Hatry, Widow.
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Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia