Zachary Merton Explained

Zachary Merton
Birth Date:	1843
Death Date:	1915 (age 72)
Spouse:	Antonie Merton
Relations:	Wilhelm Ralph Merton (brother)

Zachary Merton, born Zachary Moses (1843–1915), was an Anglo-German industrialist and philanthropist.^[1]

Biography

Merton's family had founded Metallgesellschaft in Germany and Henry R. Merton and Co. in Britain, which were among the leading metal trading companies of their respective countries.^[2] Merton was a director and one of the largest shareholders of the British company.^[3]

Merton's wife, Antonie, had come to England from Germany with her previous husband, Hermann Schmiechen, a portrait painter. She was a follower of theosophy.^[4] Merton and Antonie lived at Folly Farm, Sulhamstead.^[5]

Merton died in 1915 but left £350,000 in his will to establish a series of convalescent homes.^[6] These included:

• the Zachary Merton Convalescent Home in Banstead, Surrey^[6]
• the Zachary Merton Convalescent Home in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire^[7]
• the Zachary Merton Convalescent Home in Fulwood, South Yorkshire^[8]
• the Zachary Merton Convalescent Home in Grayshott, Hampshire^[9]
• the Zachary Merton Convalescent Home in Northwood, Middlesex^[10]
• the Zachary Merton Convalescent Home in Pendlebury, Greater Manchester^[11]
• the Zachary Merton Convalescent Home in Rustington, West Sussex^[12]
• the Zachary Merton Convalescent Home in Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire^[13]

Notes and References

1. Patrick Anthony Merton. 8 October 1920 – 13 June 2000 . 1 December 2006 . Rothwell . John . Glynn . Ian . . 52 . 189–201 . 10.1098/rsbm.2006.0014. 18543472 . free .
2. Encyclopedia: Merton . Berman . Morton Mayer . . American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise . 28 January 2016 .
3. News: News in Brief. The Late Mr Z. Merton . . London . 8 December 1915 . 12 .
4. Book: Ridley, Jane . The Architect and his Wife: A Life of Edwin Lutyens . 2002 . Chatto & Windus . London . 0-7011-7201-0 . 266-267 .
5. Book: Brown, Jane . Lutyens and the Edwardians . 1996 . Viking . London . 0-670-85871-4. 106.
6. Web site: Zachary Merton. Lost Hospitals of London. 31 December 2019.
7. Web site: Bearsden, Switchback Road, Canniesburn Hospital. Canmore. 31 December 2019.
8. Web site: General view of the Zachary Merton Convalescent Home. Sheffield Independent. 29 August 1938. 31 December 2019.
9. Web site: Grayshott, Zachary Merton Convalescent Home and School. National Archives. 31 December 2019.
10. Web site: The National Health Service (Designation of London Teaching Hospitals) Amendment Order 1973. Legislation.gov.uk. 31 December 2019.
11. Web site: Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. Historic Hospitals. 31 December 2019.
12. Web site: Zachary Merton Hospital. 5 October 2018 . Historic Hospitals. 31 December 2019.
13. Web site: Woodhouse Eaves Recovery Homes. Woodhouse Parish Council. 31 December 2019.