Edgar Speyer

Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet was an Americanborn financier and philanthropist. He became a British subject in 1892 and was chairman of Speyer Brothers, the British branch of the Speyer familys international finance house, and a partner in the German and American branches. He was chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London from 1906 to 1915, a period during which the company opened three underground railway lines, electrified a fourth and took over two more.

Speyer was born onSeptember 1862 in New York City, the second son of German Jewish parents, Gustav Speyer and Sophia Speyer from Frankfurt. His father was an international banker with businesses in Frankfurt, New York and London. Speyer was educated at the Realgymnasium in Frankfurt. OnFebruary 1902, in Hamburg, Speyer married the American violinist Leonora von Stosch. They had met at a concert held by Maude Valerie White at which Leonora performed. They had three daughters Pamela, Leonora, and Vivien.

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