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Sir Julius Wernher
Hubert von Herkomer 1912 Oil on canvas 173 x 120 cm.

Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (9 April 1850 – 21 May 1912) was a German-born Randlord, diamond magnate, and art collector who became part of the English establishment.

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Julius Wernher

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Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (9 April 1850 – 21 May 1912) was a German-born Randlord, diamond magnate, and art collector who became part of...

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Luton Hoo

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1903 the house was bought by Sir Julius Wernher, who had made his fortune from the diamond mines of South Africa. Wernher remodelled the interior to the...

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Wernher von Braun

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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (US: /ˌvɜːrnər vɒn ˈbraʊn/ VUR-nər von BROWN, German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977)...

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Wernher

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Wernher (1893–1973) Julius Wernher (1850–1912), German-born British Randlord and entrepreneur Wernher baronets, an extinct Baronetcy Lady Zia Wernher...

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Harold Wernher

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magnate. Wernher was born on 16 January 1893 the second son of Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Alice Sedgwick Mankiewicz. His father was...

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List of diamond magnates

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and merchant Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet (1893–1973), British military officer and diamond magnate Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Baronet (1850–1912),...

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Royal School of Mines

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memorials (sculpted by Paul Raphael Montford, 1916–1920) to Alfred Beit and Julius Wernher who were major benefactors to the school. The western wing of the building...

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Anastasia de Torby

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Mikhailovna Wernher CBE (née Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby; 9 September 1892 – 7 December 1977), also known as Lady Zia Wernher, was a German-born...

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Randlord

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(1840–1929) Charles Dunell Rudd (1844–1916) Jim B Taylor (1860-1944) Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Bt (1850–1912) Sir Thomas Cullinan (1862–1936) As the first generation...

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Wernher baronets

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created on 2 August 1905 for the German-born Randlord and art collector Julius Wernher. His younger son, the third Baronet (who succeeded his elder brother)...

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Alfred Beit

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Victorian additions and 7,000 acres (28 km2), and a few miles away Julius Wernher bought Luton Hoo, with 5,218 acres (21.1 km2). In the 1890s, he had...

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Luton

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Kidney Wood includes a way marked nature trail and play dells. Sir Julius Wernher purchased the Luton Hoo Estate and the Manor of Luton from Madame de...

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List of British people with German ancestry

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Victoria Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Baronet, peer, grandfather of the above Natalia Grosvenor (née Phillips) and son of Julius Wernher. The Mountbatten family...

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Hermann Eckstein

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attracted the attention of Julius Wernher and Alfred Beit and in 1884 joined them in the partnership of Jules Porgès & Co (later Wernher, Beit & Co).: 315  In...

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Hermann Oberth

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Hermann Julius Oberth (German: [ˈhɛrman ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈoːbɛrt]; 25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer...

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Wernher Triptych

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in lieu of taxes following the death of Sir Harold Wernher, son of the financier Sir Julius Wernher. In the central panel stands the Virgin Hodegetria;...

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Myra Butter

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Kingdom as "Lady Zia Wernher". Her father was the second son of Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Bt, a German-born randlord, and Alice Sedgwick Mankiewicz, an heiress...

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University of Cape Town

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Beit bequest and additional substantial gifts from mining magnates Julius Wernher and Otto Beit. The new university also attracted substantial support...

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Georgina Kennard

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Georgina, Lady Kennard (née Wernher; formerly Phillips; 17 October 1919 – 28 April 2011) was a British aristocrat who was considered "one of the best...

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List of works by John Singer Sargent

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canvas 145 × 90 cm Tate Britain, London Alice Wernher (Alice Sedgwick Mankiewicz, wife of Julius Wernher) 1902 Portrait Oil on canvas Lady Evelyn Cavendish...

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1912

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Spanish historian, philologist and literary critic (b. 1856) May 21 – Sir Julius Wernher, German-born British businessman and art collector (b. 1850) May 25...

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1850

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– Kawamura Kageaki, Japanese field marshal (d. 1926) April 9 – Sir Julius Wernher, German-born British businessman, art collector (d. 1912) April 10 Fanny...

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Operation Paperclip

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industrial processes. These recruits included notable figures such as Wernher von Braun, a leading scientist in rocket technology, and were instrumental...

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Arthur Joseph Davis

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partnership took on numerous private commissions including Luton Hoo for Sir Julius Wernher, Coombe Court for Countess De Grey and Polesden Lacey for the Hon Mrs...

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