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Terence Paul Cattley
Born 5 April 1913, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, second son of Mark Oswald Cattley and Violet Walwyn Cattley, Terence and his older brother Richard attended school in London. Upon the premature death of his brother, he returned to finish his studies in Brazil. He attended Colégio Zaccharia and the Universidade do Brasil, where he qualified as a lawyer. Along with his friend and future Rio State Court Justice Aloísio Maria Teixeira he then established a small legal practice.

When World War II broke out, he was the first volunteer out of Brazil to join the Royal Navy. After initial training in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, where he became a torpedo specialist, he traveled extensively as crewmember for several warships. His final and longest posting was on HMS Illustrious.

After the war he returned to Brazil and joined the Momsen Law Firm, the first international legal practice established in the country by American diplomat and jurist Richard P. Momsen, whose assistant he became. He later became a partner, which he remained for over forty years. These were exciting days for corporate legal practice in Brazil, and Terence took active part in the establishment in the country of numerous American and European corporations and companies pursuing the opportunities created in the years of the Brazilian economic miracle. As general counsel, he introduced to Brazil names like the American Bureau of Shipping, Hempel's Marine Paints, the Rank Film Corporation, International Flavours & Fragrances, RCA, Emco-Wheaton, Foster Wheeler and Unitor Ships Service, now a Wilh. Wilhelmsen company. For twenty-eight years he was also president of the Brazilian subsidiary of CBS Records, where he endeavoured to open opportunites for local artists.