Baron Anthony Denis Maurice George de Worms (4 January 1869 – 11 January 1938) was an

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n aristocrat (by courtesy) and an

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Biography

Early life

Anthony Denis Maurice George de Worms was born on 4 January 1869.The Peerage: Baron Anthony Denis Maruice George de Worms
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George de Worms, 2nd Baron de Worms George de Worms, 2nd Baron de Worms (1829–1912) was an Austrian aristocrat (by courtesy), and an English public official and banker. Biography Early life George de Worms was born on 16 February 1829. His father, Solomon Benedict de Worms (1 ...

(1829–1902) and his mother, Louisa de Samuel. He had a brother,

Percy de Worms Percy George de Worms (3 November 1873 – 2 April 1941) was an English aristocrat and philatelist. Biography Early life Percy George de Worms was born on 3 November 1873. His paternal grandfather was Solomon Benedict de Worms (1801-1882), wh ...

(1873–1941) and a sister, Henrietta Emmy Louisa Amelia de Worms (1875-unknown). His paternal grandfather,

Solomon Benedict de Worms Baron Solomon Benedict de Worms (5 February 1801 – 20 October 1882) was an Austrian aristocrat, plantation owner in Sri Lanka, Ceylon, and stockbroker in London. Biography Early life Solomon Benedict de Worms was born on 5 February 1801 in Fr ...

(1801–1882), owned large plantations in Ceylon and was made a Hereditary Baron of the Austrian Empire by

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(1830–1916), and his paternal grandmother was Henrietta Samuel. His family was Jewish. His paternal great-grandmother was Schönche Jeannette Rothschild (1771–1859), thus his paternal great-great-grandfather was

Mayer Amschel Rothschild Mayer Amschel Rothschild (23 February 1744 – 19 September 1812; also spelled ''Anschel'') was a German-Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Referred to as a "founding father of international finance", Rothschild w ...

(1744–1812), the founder of the

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. As a result, his paternal great-great-granduncles were

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(1773–1855),

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(1774–1855), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788–1855), and

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(1792–1868). His great-uncles, who owned plantations in Ceylon with his grandfather, were

Maurice Benedict de Worms Maurice Benedict de Worms (1805–1867) was an Austrian plantation owner in Ceylon. Biography Early life Maurice Benedict de Worms was born in 1805 in Frankfurt, Germany. His father was Benedikt Moses Worms (1769–1824) and his mother, Schönc ...

(1805–1867) and Gabriel Benedict de Worms (1802–1881). His paternal uncle was

Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright PC, DL, JP, FRS (20 October 1840 – 9 January 1903), known before his elevation to the peerage in 1895 as Baron Henry de Worms, was a British Conservative politician. Background and education Henry ...

(1840–1903).

Adult life

He was a Fellow of the

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and the Royal Society of Literature. He became 3rd Baron de Worms in 1902, but renounced his aristocratic title in 1920.The London Gazette
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Personal life

He married Louisa Matilda Goldsmidt, daughter of Moritz A. Goldsmidt, in 1901. They had two sons and one daughter: * Charles de Worms (1903–1979). * George Gerald Percy de Worms (1904–1968). * Violet Henrietta Louisa de Worms (1912–1984). They resided at Milton Park in

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, Surrey.

References

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