The Albu Baronetcy, of Grosvenor Place in the City of Westminster, and Johannesburg in the Province of Transvaal in the Union of South Africa, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
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It was created on 12 February 1912 for the South African mining magnate
George Albu. He was the founder of the General Mining and Finance Corporation alongside his brother Leopold Albu. the title is held by the first Baronet's grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1963.
The Albu family is of German-Jewish origin.
Albu baronets, of Grosvenor Place and of Johannesburg (1912)
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Sir George Albu, 1st Baronet
Sir George Albu, 1st Baronet (26 October 1857 – 27 December 1935) was a mining magnate in the diamond and gold industries of South Africa.
Biography
Lady Albu at wheel of CGV, London April 1905
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(1857–1935)
*Sir George Werner Albu, 2nd Baronet (1905–1963)
*Sir George Albu, 3rd Baronet (b. 1944)
There is no heir to the baronetcy.
Arms
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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