Ted Wachtmeister

Count Erik Melcher Schering "Ted" Wachtmeister (14 July 1892 – 18 December 1975) was a Swedish jurist, reserve officer and rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

[1] Wachtmeister was born at Tistad Castle, in Nyköping Municipality, Sweden, the son of son Chancellor, Count Fredrik Wachtmeister and Baroness Louise af Ugglas.

He passed studentexamen at Lundsbergs boarding school in 1911 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Uppsala University in 1918.

He was a member of the Swedish boat Roddklubben af 1912 which was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the men's eight tournament.

[3] Wachtmeister was chairman of the board of Jönåkers häradsallmänning from 1933, Södermanlands läns brandförsäkringsbolag from 1946 to 1963, Skandinaviska Banken's branch office in Nyköping from 1954 to 1963 and held various municipal assignments until 1951.