Somerset

David Henry Fitzroy 'Boomer' Somerset was the 26th Chief Cashier, holding the post between 1980 and 1988.

He was born in 1930 and joined the Bank of England in 1952. Following a secondment to the IMF in 1959, he became private secretary to the Governor, Lord Cromer, in 1962.

In 1973 he became the Deputy before his appointment as Chief Cashier in 1980. He retired in 1988.