Max Waechter

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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.

Glover's Island from Richmond Hill, Richmond.

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

References

  1. ↑ "For United Europe, not to oppose us". New York Times. 20 September 1908. Retrieved 18 November 2013. 

See also

Further reading

  • Entry in Who was Who
  • Obituary in The Times, 4 October 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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