Sir Frank Meyer, 2nd Baronet

Sir
Frank Meyer
Bt
Meyer in 1929
Member of Parliament
for Great Yarmouth
In office
29 October 1924 – 10 May 1929
Preceded byArthur Harbord
Succeeded byArthur Harbord
Personal details
BornFrank Cecil Meyer
(1886-05-07)7 May 1886
Died19 October 1935(1935-10-19) (aged 49)
Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England
PartyConservative
ChildrenSir Anthony Meyer
Parents
Alma materNew College, Oxford

Sir Frank Cecil Meyer, 2nd Baronet (7 May 1886 – 19 October 1935)[1][2] was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.

Personal life

Frank Meyer with his mother and sister, painting by John Singer Sargent, 1896

The son of German-born businessman Sir Carl and Adele Meyer, Meyer was also successful in business, becoming vice-chairman of the De Beers diamond cartel.[1] He was educated at New College, Oxford and served in the First World War with the Essex Yeomanry and the Signal Corps, being mentioned in dispatches.[1][2] He was elected as MP for Great Yarmouth in 1924, but lost his seat in 1929. His son, Anthony Meyer, was also a Conservative MP. Anthony Meyer inherited his father's title at the age of fifteen when Frank Meyer died in a hunting accident at in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire.[1][3]

Career

Frank Meyer, ca 1910, by Glyn Philpot

At the 1924 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, defeating the Liberal MP Sir Arthur Harbord. Harbord retook the seat at the 1929 general election, and Meyer never re-entered Parliament.

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Frank Meyer, 2nd Baronet
Crest
A cock sable armed combed and wattled Or holding in the dexter claw a key as in the arms.
Escutcheon
Sable a key wards downwards Or between four bezants.
Motto
Rast Ich Rost Ich [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sir Frank Meyer". The Times (47200). London, England: Times Newspapers Limited: 16. 21 October 1935. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 "MEYER, Sir Frank Cecil". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Roth, Andrew (8 January 2005). "Sir Anthony Meyer". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Debrett's Peerage. 1936.
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