Sir Frank Cecil Meyer, 2nd Baronet (7 May 1886 – 19 October 1935) was a British

United Kingdom

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 businessman and Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician.

Personal life

The son of German born businessman Sir Carl Meyer

Carl Meyer

Sir Carl Ferdinand Meyer, 1st Baronet was a British banker and mining magnate.-Personal life:Meyer was born in Hamburg, Germany, the second son of Siegmund Meyer and Elise Rosa Hahn daughter of Reuben Hahn. He became a naturalised British subject in 1877...

, Meyer was also successful in business, becoming vice-chairman of the De Beers

De Beers

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 diamond cartel. He was educated at New College, Oxford

New College, Oxford

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. His son, Sir Anthony Meyer

Anthony Meyer

Sir Anthony John Charles Meyer, 3rd Baronet was a British soldier, diplomat, and Conservative and later Liberal Democrat politician, best known for standing against Margaret Thatcher for the party leadership in 1989...

, was also a Conservative MP. Anthony Meyer inherited his father's title at age fifteen when Frank Meyer died in a hunting accident.

Career

At the 1924 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1924

- Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...

, he was elected as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Norfolk, defeating the Liberal MP Sir Arthur Harbord

Arthur Harbord

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. Harbord retook the seat at the 1929 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1929

-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...

, and Meyer never re-entered Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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