found: Wikipedia, 1 October 2013(Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet (born 7 September 1862 in New York, died 16 February 1932 iin Berlin, Germany) was an American born financier and philanthropist. He became a British subject in 1892. After the start of the World War I, he became the subject of anti-German attacks in the Press. In 1915, Speyer offered to resign from the Privy Council and to relinquish his baronetcy, but the Prime Minister turned down the offer. He resigned as chairman of the UERL and went to the United States. In 1921, the British government investigated accusations that Speyer had traded with the enemy during the war, and had participated in other wartime conduct incompatible with his status as a British subject. Speyer denied the charges, but his naturalisation was revoked and he was struck off the list of members of the Privy Council)
