Jack Catchpool CBE | |
|---|---|
| Warden ofToynbee Hall | |
| In office 1963–1964 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Eustace Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Walter Birmingham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1890-08-22)22 August 1890 Leicester,UK |
| Died | 13 March 1971(1971-03-13) (aged 80) Welwyn Garden City,UK |
| Education | Sidcot School Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre |
(Egerton) St John Pettifor CatchpoolCBE (1890-1971) also known asJack Catchpool was a social worker who served as the warden ofToynbee Hall, London. He was general secretary of theYouth Hostels Association from its inception in 1930 until 1950.[1]
He attended theQuaker institutionsSidcot School andWoodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.[2]
During theFirst World War, Catchpool served with theFriends' Ambulance Unit in France and then with the Friends' war victims' relief committee in Russia.[2]
After the war, he held the post of sub-warden ofToynbee Hall from 1920 to 1929. He was a member of theLondon County Council education committee from 1925 to 1931.[2]
From 1930 to 1950 he served as the first general secretary of theYouth Hostels Association, and in 1938 he was elected president of theInternational Youth Hostel Federation.[2] He was also the Chairman of theRomney Street Group from 935 to 1950.[3]
He married Ruth Allason in 1920 and they had five children.[1]
His older brother wasCorder Catchpool.[4]
He was appointed chevalier of the DutchOrder of Orange-Nassau in 1948 and Commander of theOrder of the British Empire in 1951.
He died at his home inWelwyn Garden City, Herfordshire, on 13 March 1971.[2]