Frederic Seebohm, Baron Seebohm, TD (18 January 1909 – 15 December 1990), was a British banker, soldier and social work innovator.
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Early life and background
Seebohm was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, the son of was Hugh Exton Seebohm and grandson of the historian Frederic Seebohm. His mother was Lesley Gribble, daughter of George James Gribble, of Henlow Grange, Biggleswade, who was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire for 1897–1898 and his wife Norah Royds, an artist trained at the Slade School of Art who filled Lesley's childhood home with artistic and cultural visitors. His maternal aunts and uncles included Phyllis Fordham of Ashwell Bury; Vivien Gribble, the engraver and illustrator; Major Philip Gribble, a writer and adventurer who married the daughter of Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun and financed Anna Wolkoff; and Julian Royds Gribble, who won a VC at the end of the First World War and died of influenza in a German prison of war camp.
He was educated at Leighton Park School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
After leaving Cambridge, Seebohm joined the Barclays Bank, which had taken over the Hitchin Bank founded by his family. Seebohm served in the Royal Artillery, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was mentioned in dispatches and was decorated with the Territorial Decoration.