Sir Edgar Speyer, 1st Baronet (7 September 1862 – 16 February 1932) was an American-born financier and philanthropist. He became a British subject in 1892 and was chairman of
Speyer Brothers, the British branch of the
Speyer family's international finance house, and a partner in the German and American branches. He was chairman of the
Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, forerunner of the
London Underground) from 1906 to 1915, a period during which the company opened three underground railway lines, electrified a fourth and took over two more.