About Edward William Meyerstein
Lived 1863 – 1942 (aged 78). Edward William Meyerstein was a merchant and stockbroker.
Sir Edward William Meyerstein (17 October 1863 – 1 February 1942) was a British merchant, stockbroker and philanthropist notable for donations to the Middlesex Hospital in Fitzrovia, London.
Biography Edward William Meyerstein was the son of William and Henrietta Meyerstein, German Jews who had emigrated around the middle of the 19th century. He was educated at University College School in Hampstead, London. The building was opened by Sir William Bragg then president of the Royal Society.
Meyerstein lived in Sevenoaks, Kent, and was High Sheriff of Kent from 1937–38 and 1941–42.
He died in London in 1942.
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British philanthropist
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Edward William Meyerstein was born on 17 October 1863.
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Edward William Meyerstein died on 1 February 1942.
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Edward William Meyerstein was a merchant and stockbroker.
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