Sir Max Leonard Waechter (3 October 1837 – 3 October 1924) was a businessman, art collector, philanthropist and advocate of a federal Europe.
Career
Waechter was born in Stettin, then in Germany and now Szczecin in Poland. His father was Julius Leonard Waechter, a Lutheran pastor. He went to England in 1859 and was naturalised as a British citizen in 1865.
Waechter became a partner in Bessler, Waechter, and Co., a merchant firm. He advocated improved relations between Britain and Germany and in 1913 founded the European Federation League.
Waechter lived in Terrace House on Richmond Hill. He held the post of High Sheriff of Surrey in 1902.
