Felix Schuster

Felix Schuster

Free Trade and Finance
Vanity Fair 28 June 1906

Sir Felix Schuster, 1st Baronet (21 April 1854 — 13 May 1936) was a British banker, financier and Liberal politician.

Biography

He was educated at Frankfurt-am-Main, Geneva, and Owens College, Manchester, and then went into business in London. He was on the Royal Commission on London Traffic 1903-5, Board of Trade Commission for the Amendment of Company Law 1905, India Office Committee on Indian Railway Finance and Administration 1907-8 and Treasury Committee on Irish Land Purchase Finance 1907-8. He was chairman of the Council of the Institute of Bankers, 1908-9, and of the Central Association of Bankers, 1913–15.

In 1906 he stood as a Liberal candidate at the general election for the constituency of the City of London.

His grandchildren include the philosopher Mary Warnock and the diplomat Duncan Wilson.

Works

His works include:

• Foreign Trade and the Money Market
• Our Gold Reserves

See also

• Schuster Baronets
• Arthur Schuster (older brother)

References

• Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Schuster, Sir Felix" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.