hiː tˈɜːnd dˌaʊn ɐ plˈeɪs æt nˈuː kˈɑːlɪdʒ, ˈɑːksfɚd tə dʒˈɔɪn ðə fˈæmɪli bˈæŋk ˈæftɚ lˈiːvɪŋ ðɪ ˈɑːɹmi, ænd bɪkˌeɪm ɐ mˈænɪdʒɪŋ dᵻɹˈɛktɚɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi nˈaɪn.
He turned down a place at New College, Oxford to join the family bank after leaving the Army, and became a managing director in 1949.