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Kindersley was born in Wanstead, Essex. His father was an Old Etonian from a wealthy family who had been a Captain in the Indian Army, but had fallen on hard times since resigning his commission and becoming a chemistry Kindersley was educated at Repton School, but was forced to leave in 1887 when his father could no longer afford the fees.
He was Governor of the Hudson"s Bay Company from 1915 to 1925 and a director of the Bank of England from 1914 to 1946. In 1924 he was the senior British representative on the Dawes Committee. Kindersley is chiefly recognised for his work as chairman of the National Savings Committee from 1916 to 1920.
He was then its president until 1946.
He was also a major shareholder in the Canadian Northern Railway, later amalgamated into Canadian National Railways, and the town of Kindersley, Saskatchewan, was named after him.
Kindersley was knighted as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1917 and raised to Knight Grand Cross (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours for his chairmanship of the National Savings Committee. He served as High Sheriff of Sussex for 1928 and in 1941 was raised to the peerage as Baron Kindersley, of West Hoathly in the County of West Sussex.
