Background
The son of German-born businessman Sir Carl Meyer, Meyer was also successful in business, becoming vice-chairman of the De Beers diamond cartel.
The son of German-born businessman Sir Carl Meyer, Meyer was also successful in business, becoming vice-chairman of the De Beers diamond cartel.
He was educated at New College, Oxford and served in the First World War with the Essex Yeomanry and the Signal Corps, being mentioned in dispatches.
Harbord retook the seat at the 1929 general election, and Meyer never re-entered Parliament.
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At the 1924 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, defeating the Liberal Member of Parliament Sir Arthur Harbord.