Frank Emil Fehr Explained

Frank Emil Fehr, (1874-1948), was a British businessman and underwriter.

As president of the London Oil and Tallow Trades Association and Assistant Director of Oil and Oilseeds Supply, Ministry of Food, he was awarded the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1920. In that year he stood in the Dartford by-election. Between 1937 and 1939 he was chairman of the Baltic Exchange. On 9 January 1939, his home, Hatton House, Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, was used by the Barbican Mission to the Jews to announce the desperation of refugees in Czechoslovakia and the urgency of evacuating them, a few days before the arrival of the first airlift of children from Prague.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. News: Chislehurst and refugees: first batch of children arrive . Bromley & West Kent Mercury . 13 January 1939 . 3.
2. News: Delhi . All India Radio (AIR),New . The Indian Listener: Vol. IV. No. 5. (22nd February 1939) . All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi . 22 February 1939 . en.
3. Web site: From 1900, Baltic Chairmen have championed the maritime cause . Baltic Exchange . 3 February 2024.
4. Web site: Frank Emil Fehr - National Portrait Gallery . www.npg.org.uk . 3 February 2024 . en.
5. News: Fehr . Richard . Fehr Cup tennis tournament celebrates 75th anniversary . 3 February 2024 . The Baltic . September 2010 . 18–19.