Norman Crump

Background

Crump was the son of Charles George Crump, who was Principal Assistant Keeper at the Public Record Office.

Education

He was educated at Winchester College, Hampshire, where, in 1914, he obtained a scholarship to Cambridge University.

Career

He was City Editor of The Sunday Times for 20 years. However, due to the outbreak of war he did not go to University. In 1914, at the age of 18, Crump enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment and the Royal Engineers Signal Service.

In 1919, rather than go back to studying, he took a job with the Federation of British Industries.

He moved to become Assistant Secretary to the Chairman of the Westminster Bank in 1921. At the same time he additionally took on the role of Statistical Correspondent for the Financial Times.

In 1927 he joined The Economist. By 1929, he had become Assistant Editor and was already regarded as an authority on financial, economic and statistical matters.

In 1930 he additionally became Assistant Editor for The Banker and Editor of the Lloyds Bank Monthly Review.

In 1939 he left The Economist and withdrew from his other editorial roles to take a job as City Editor at The Sunday Times in London. He remained City Editor until he retired in 1960. He was a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.

Crump was Liberal candidate for the North Buckinghamshire division of Buckinghamshire at the 1929 General Election.

At the previous general election in 1924, the Liberals had come a clear third, so he could not have had high hopes of winning. In 1929, with the Liberal party experiencing something of a revival, he managed to increase the Liberal vote share, but remained in third place;

He did not stand for parliament again.

He remained active in the Liberal Party speaking in 1931 at the Annual Meeting of the National Liberal Federation on the current financial crisis.

Achievements

• This was a Unionist seat that the Liberals had not won since the December 1910 General Election.

Works

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