Background
Gates, Sylvester Govett was born on September 2, 1901 in Richmond, Surrey, England. Son of Walter George and Beatrice Helen (Govett) Gates.
Gates, Sylvester Govett was born on September 2, 1901 in Richmond, Surrey, England. Son of Walter George and Beatrice Helen (Govett) Gates.
Educated New College, Oxford (England) University, 1920-1924, Harvard University, 1925-1927.
Practiced law, London and Western Circuit, 1928-1939. Controller home publicity Ministry Information, 1941-1944. With Office Minister Reconstrn., 1944.
Chairman British Film Institute, 1956-1964. Member Port of London Authority, 1958-1964. Deputy chairman National Westminster Bank Ltd., since 1968.
Chairman International Commercial Bank Ltd., since 1967, Tecalemit Ltd., since 1940. Deputy chairman Standard Bank Ltd., Westminster Foreign Bank, Ltd. Bank of W. Africa.
Member Royal Commision on Taxation, 1953.