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| Picture No | 10285251 |
| Date | 1913 |
| Description | Sir Edgar Speyer |
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Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet (1862 - 1932), American born financier and philanthropist, chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London from 1906 to 1915 and a friend of several leading composers, including Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss and Claude Debussy. A supporter of the musical arts he largely funded the Promenade Concerts between 1902 and 1914.
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| Source | Caricature by Tom Titt, 1913 plate lvii |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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