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

Personal life

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The son of German-born businessman Sir

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and Adele Meyer, Meyer was also successful in business, becoming vice-chairman of the

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diamond cartel. He was educated at

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and served in the

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with the Essex Yeomanry and the

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, being mentioned in dispatches. 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

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, Hertfordshire.

Career

At the 1924 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in Norfolk, defeating the Liberal MP Sir Arthur Harbord. Harbord retook the seat at the 1929 general election, and Meyer never re-entered

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* 1886 births Territorial Force officers English people of German-Jewish descent Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 2 UK MPs 1924–1929 1935 deaths Hunting accident deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Politics of the Borough of Great Yarmouth Essex Yeomanry officers Jewish British politicians British Army personnel of World War I Royal Corps of Signals officers Accidental deaths in England {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub