WITHERS, HARTLEY, fourth son of Henry Hartley Withers, Granendale, Lancs., stockbroker, and Jane Livingston, dau. of Matthew Dobson Lowndes, Liverpool; b. 15 Jul 1867; adm. 16 Jun 1881; QS 1881; Capt. of the School 1885; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1886, matr. 15 Oct 1886; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1888, 3rd cl. Lit. Hum. 1890; BA 1890; MA Cambridge 1938; Assistant master, Clifton Coll. 1890; Stock Exchange clerk 1891-3; entered City office of The Times 1894, City Editor 1906-10; City Editor, Morning Post 1910-1; with Seligman Brothers 1911-5; Director of Financial Enquiries, Treasury 1915-6; Editor, The Economist 1916-21, and of Financial Supplement, The Saturday Review 1921-3; director, Allied Investors’ Trusts; author, The Meaning of Money, 1909, and other works; m. 1st, 8 Aug 1896 Letitia, widow of Henry Harrison, Holywood House, Holywood, co. Down, Ireland, mother of Henry Harrison (adm. 1881, qv), and dau. of Robert James Tennent MP, Rush Park, Belfast, Ireland; m. 2nd, 1921 Alice, dau. of J. R. Elliott; d. 21 Mar 1950. DNB.