SIR EDGAR SPEYER.
DISLOYALTY TO BRITAIN. NATURALISATION REVOKED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—CopyrightReceived Dec. 14, 9.40 p.m. London, Dee. 13. The London Gazette states that Sir Edgar Speyer had shown himself by act and speech as disaffected and disloyal to His Majesty during the war. He unlawfully communicated with subjects of |.n enemy State and therefore his certificate of naturalisation has been revoked. Speyer, his wife and two daughters shall cease to be British subjects. Speyer will also be struck out of the Privy Council. This finding involved no reflection on any partner of Speyer Brothers, London, except Edgar. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
[Sir Edgar Speyer, a naturalised German, has been a prominent business man in London for many years. He was a partner in his father’s three firms at London, New York and Frankfort-on-Main. He was the resident, partner in the Frankfort firm till 1887, when he took direction of the London house. He retired from the New York and Frankfort firms in 1914.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 December 1921, Page 5
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162SIR EDGAR SPEYER. Taranaki Daily News, 15 December 1921, Page 5
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