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Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet

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Meyer had a great interest in the arts, constantly showing support for opera, music and the theatre. In 1909 he donated 70,000 pounds to the Shakespeare National Memorial Theatre, now rebuilt as the
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mining group. He then went on to work for De Beers and became deputy chairman of the company. He was also governor of the
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expressing his disapproval of the tactics used by the Germans in the war, including the sinking of the
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A cock sable armed combed and wattled Or holding in the dexter claw a key as in the arms.
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that Britons of German origin should speak out publicly.
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Emigrants from the German Empire to the United Kingdom
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Sable a key wards downwards Or between four bezants.
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Sir
Bt

caricature
Vanity Fair
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
British subject
miner
mining

John Singer Sargent
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Adèle Levis
Hampstead
Frank Cecil Meyer
John Singer Sargent
Rothschild family
De Beers
National Bank of Egypt
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
baronet
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon
World War I
The Times
RMS Lusitania
Arthur Wing Pinero

German
The Times

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