Wernher baronets

Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Baronet

The Wernher Baronetcy of Luton Hoo Park in the Parish of Luton, Bedford, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 August 1905 for the German-born Randlord and art collector Julius Wernher.[1] His younger son, the third Baronet (who succeeded his elder brother), was a major general in the British Army. The title became extinct on his death in 1973.

The family seat was Luton Hoo.

Wernher baronets, of Luton Hoo (1905)

• Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (1850–1912)
• Sir Derrick Wernher, 2nd Baronet (1889–1948)
• Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet (1893–1973)

Arms

Coat of arms of Wernher baronets

Crest Between two elephant's trunks the dexter per fess Gules and Or and the sinister per fess Or and Gules a lozenge Sable thereon a mullet as in the arms.[2] Escutcheon Gules the head of a grappling iron in saltire Argent issuing from the base a mount Vert and in the dexter and sinister base a mullet of six points Or.

References

1. "Julius Charles Wernher". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
2. Burke's Peerage. 1949.

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets