Regarding the Governor of the Bank of England, Montagu Collet Norman, Distinguished Service Order:
[In 1922] It was remarkable how enormous was the change that had come over Norman since August 1914. Then he had been a pathetic figure, unsure of himself and uncertain about his future, wracked by neuroses, his less than illustrious career cut short by mental illness. Now he was generally recognized as the most prominent and powerful banker in all of Europe, if not the world.
