Schuster Baronets
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The Schuster Baronetcy, of Collingham Road in the Royal Borough of Kensington, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 July 1906 for the banker Felix Schuster
. He was a senior partner in the family firm of Schuster, Son & Co, and was also a Finance Member of the Council of India from 1906 to 1916. The third Baronet was a Colonel
in the Rifle Brigade. The baronetcy became extinct on his death in 1996.
The physicist Sir Arthur Schuster
was the elder brother of the first Baronet.
Felix Schuster
Sir Felix Schuster, Bt. was a British banker and financier.-Biography:He was educated at Frankfurt-am-Main, Geneva, and Owens College, Manchester; and then went into business in London...
. He was a senior partner in the family firm of Schuster, Son & Co, and was also a Finance Member of the Council of India from 1906 to 1916. The third Baronet was a Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
in the Rifle Brigade. The baronetcy became extinct on his death in 1996.
The physicist Sir Arthur Schuster
Arthur Schuster
Sir Franz Arthur Friedrich Schuster FRS was a German-born British physicist known for his work in spectroscopy, electrochemistry, optics, X-radiography and the application of harmonic analysis to physics...
was the elder brother of the first Baronet.
Schuster Baronets, of Collingham Road (1906)
- Sir Felix Schuster, 1st BaronetFelix SchusterSir Felix Schuster, Bt. was a British banker and financier.-Biography:He was educated at Frankfurt-am-Main, Geneva, and Owens College, Manchester; and then went into business in London...
(1854–1936) - Sir (Felix) Victor Schuster, 2nd Baronet (1885–1962)
- Sir (Felix) James Moncrieff Schuster, 3rd Baronet (1913–1996)