Frederick Henry Norman (1839-1916) was an English merchant banker and a director of the merchant bank Brown, Shipley & Co.. The Norman family have a long history in English banking.
He was the fourth son of George Warde Norman (1793-1882), a director of the Bank of England from 1821 to 1872.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1899
He married Lina Susan Penelope Collet (d. 1950), a daughter of Sir Mark Wilks Collet, 1st Baronet, of St. Clere, Ightham, Sevenoaks, on 15 November 1870. They had three children together:
- Sir Montagu Norman (the 1st Baron Norman (6 September 1871–4 February 1950), a long serving Governor of the Bank of England) and
- Ronald Collet Norman (1873–5 December 1963), (who chaired the BBC and the London County Council).
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