William Hechler, an Anglican minister has been described as, 'not only the first, but the most constant and the most indefatigable of Herzl’s followers'.[1] Due to his German court connections, Hechler initially introduced Herzl to the Grand Duke of Baden, and through him hoped to present early Zionist proposals to Kaiser Wilhelm II,[22] prompting one historian to suggest that with less German suspicion, the Zionist cause might instead have been brought to birth through its own initiative.[3]