from T. Nichols (Dristol)
The composition of the British Aircraft Corporation with its 5 bank directors is fairly typical of the tendency in the top 50 British industrial companies, It illustrates tho network of interlocking directorships and also the prominence on these boards of directors of the big 8 banks. The list roads: Viscount Portal of Hungerford: Darelays Bankg British Aluminium,Co. (Chairman) does Ltd. (also Chairman) 3 Commercial
Union Assurances; Ford Motor Co. 3
North British Aluminium (Chairman) Sir George Edwards: Vickers Armstrong Ltd. Marshal of RAF, Sir Dermont Boyle: B.A.C. only Rte Hon. Vieount Caldecotes Cambridge University and Town
Waterworkss English Ulectric Co. Mre Adam Denzil Morris: Barclays Banks; Anglo Australian
Corporation; Charter Shipping; Lazard
Bros; Commercial Union Insurance 3
Ocean-Accident and.Guarantee Corp. Mr. W. Mastertons Bristol Cars Ltd.s T.A. de Barajas
(Madrid); Soctety d*ixploitation et
de Construction Aeronautiques (Paris)
Bank of lnglands; English Electric 3
W.G. Bagnall Ltd.g Babcock & Wilcox s
Taylor Woodrow; Vulcan Foundry; Marconi
Wireless, etc.
Lord Nelson of Stafford:
MR. GA Riddells Marconi Inte 3 Marine Communications, otc. Sir Leslie Rowans Barclays Bank; Canadian Vickers, et. Sir Reginald Vernon—Smith: Lloyds Banks Bristol Aeroplane,
Bristol Sidderley, Babcock & Wilcox,