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Speyer (SIR EDGAR a British capitalist)

SIR EDGAR, a British capitalist, born at Frankfort-on-Main, in 1862. He was educated at the Real Gymnasium, Frankfort-on-Main, Germany. He became a partner in his father's three firms-Speyer Bros., London; Speyer & Co., New York, and L.

Speyer, Ellissen, Frankfort-on-Main. He was resident partner in the Frankfort SIR EDGAR SPEYER firm till 1887, when he took direction of the London house, and retired from the New York and Frankfort firms in 1914. He is one of the founders of the Whitethe London house, and retired from the New York and Frankfort firms in 1914.

He is one of the founders of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, and was in 1905 a member of the Company Law Amend- ment Committee. He was made a Baronet in 1906 and a Privy Councillor member of the Company Law Amendment Committee. He was made a Baronet in 1906 and a Privy Councillor in 1909. an American