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Sir Francis Henry (Frank) Renouf, (31 July 1918 - 1998) was a prominent New Zealand tycoon and financier. He was known as "Frank the Bank".
He was born in Wellington and educated at Wellington College and Victoria University College. He then joined the 2nd NZEF as a Captain, was captured in Greece, and spent most of the war in a German POW camp. He then studied for a Diploma at Worcester College, Oxford and was an Oxford Blue in tennis fron 1948 to 1949.
He was a businessman and a stockbroker from 1950, as a partner in the Wellington stockbroking firm of "Daysh, Renouf" with Harry Edgar Duff Daysh, known as Duff. The firm was originally Daysh, Longuet and Frethey, with Geoff Longuet and Edmund Albertus (Bert) Frethey. Renouf was blackballed from joining the Wellesley Club because of the circumstances of him joining Daysh and Frethey, as business then had a "gentleman's club" atmosphere (Jesson pages 102-103)
In the 1980's and 1990's he became a prominent business celebrity in Australia. He died in 1998.
He was married three times. He was knighted in 1987. He was President of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association 1985-86. The Renouf Tennis Centre in Wellington is named after him.
His second wife was Susan Renouf (formerly Susan Peacock and Susan Sangster), a thrice-married socialite.
His third wife was Michele Renouf, to whom he was briefly married in 1991.
References
- Sir Francis Renouf:an autobiography (1997, Steele Roberts, Wellington) ISBN 0958371202
- Behind the Mirror Glass by Bruce Jesson (1987, Penguin)