Edgar Speyer
(1862-1932)
British-American financier and philanthropist
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Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet (7 September 1862 – 16 February 1932) was an American-born financier and philanthropist. He became a British subject in 1892 and was chairman of Speyer Brothers, the British branch of the Speyer family's international finance house, and a partner in the German and American branches. He was chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, forerunner of the London Underground) from 1906 to 1915, a period during which the company opened three underground railway lines, electrified a fourth and took over two more.
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7 September 1862 New York, United States
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16 February 1932 (aged 69) Berlin, Germany
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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