Baron Michelham (verbally Lord) , of

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in the

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 28 December 1905 for the banker, businessman and philanthropist Sir Herbert Stern, 1st Baronet. He was head of the firm Herbert Stern & Co. Stern had already been created a Baronet, of

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in the Parish of

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and

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, in the

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on 31 July 1905. Apart from his British titles he was also a Baron in the Portuguese nobility, a title inherited from his father Baron Hermann de Stern. Lord Michelham was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. His younger brother died before him and on his death in 1984 the titles became extinct. The first Baron was the first cousin of

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, and Sir Edward Stern, 1st Baronet, of Fan Court, Chertsey (now

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/ Lyne).

Barons Michelham (1905)

Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham (28 September 1851 – 7 January 1919), known as Sir Herbert Stern, Bt, between July and December 1905, was a British financier, philanthropist and a member of the Stern banking family. Background Stern was t ...

(1851–1919) *Herman Alfred Stern, 2nd Baron Michelham (1900–1984)

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*''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1968 edition) *

Barons Michelham (1905)

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