Sir Felix Schuster, 1st Baronet (21 April 1854 — 13 May 1936) was a British banker,
financier
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and
Liberal politician.
Biography
He was educated at
Frankfurt-am-Main
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,
Geneva
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, and
Owens College Owens may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Owens Station, Delaware
* Owens Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
* Owens, Missouri
* Owens, Ohio
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People
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,
Manchester
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, and then went into business in London. He was on the
Royal Commission on London Traffic 1903-5, Board of Trade Commission for the Amendment of Company Law 1905, India Office Committee on Indian Railway Finance and Administration 1907-8 and Treasury Committee on Irish Land Purchase Finance 1907-8. He was chairman of the Council of the Institute of Bankers, 1908-9, and of the Central Association of Bankers, 1913–15.
In 1906 he stood as a Liberal candidate at the general election for the constituency of the
City of London
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.
His grandchildren include the philosopher
Mary Warnock
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and the diplomat
Duncan Wilson
Sir Archibald Duncan Wilson (12 August 1911 – 20 September 1983) was a British diplomat and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Career
Wilson was born on 12 August 1911 in Winchester to Archibald Edward Wilson, German teacher at Winc ...
.
Works
His works include:
*''
Foreign Trade and the Money Market''
*''Our Gold Reserves''
See also
*
Schuster Baronets
*
Arthur Schuster
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(older brother)
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References
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English bankers
1854 births
1936 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
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