The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Schuster, Sir Felix
Schuster, Sir Felix, Member of the India Council, London; 3rd s. of late Francis Joseph Schuster; b. 1854; educ: Frankfort-on-Maine, Geneva; and Owen’s College. Manchester; Director, Union Bank of London, Ltd., since 1883; Governor of the same Bank, 1895; Member, Royal Commission on London Traffic, 1903-05; Member, Board of Trade Commission for the Amendment of the Company Law, 1905; Member, India Office Committee on Indian Railway Commission and Administration, 1907-08; Member, Treasury Committee on Irish Land Purchase Finance, 1907-8; Chairman, Council of the Chamber of Commerce, London, 1905-06; President, Council of the Institute of Bankers, London, 1908-09; Deputy Chairman of the Central Association of Bankers; Governor, University College, London; Governor, London School of Economics; formerly Honorary Secretary and Vice-President of the Alpine Club; Member, Committee of Management of the Hospital for Sick Children; Member, Council of the British Empire League; m. Lucy Edith, 3rd d. of W. B. Skene of Hallyards, Fife; heir and son Ferdinand Victor. Publications: Our Gold Reserves; Foreign Trade and the Money Market; The Bank of England and the State, &c. Recreations: Music, Travelling and Motoring. Address: 48, Cadogen Place, S.W. Clubs: Brooks’s; Alpine.