Max Waechter

Sir Max Waechter (3 October 1837 - 1924) was a businessman, art collector, philanthropist and advocate of a federal Europe.^[1]

Waechter was born in Stettin, then in Germany. He went to England in 1859 and was naturalised in 1865.

He lived in Terrace House on Richmond Hill, and owned Glover's Island which he donated to the council in 1900. He helped preserve the view from Richmond on Thames, across the river by preventing destructive development.

References

^ For United Europe, not to oppose us New York Times September 20, 1908

see Who was Who
Obituary in The Times, October 4, 1924 page 11

Christophe LE DRÉAU, "Un européisme britannique conquérant : les tentatives d’implantation de la New Commonwealth Society et de Federal Union sur le continent (1938-1940)", Cahiers de l'IRICE, n°1, 2008.

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Date of birth	3 October 1837
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Date of death	1924
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