There have been two baronetcies created for members of the
Stern family
The Stern family is a Jewish French banking family originally from Frankfurt. It traces back to Samuel Hayum Stern (1760–1819), who in the 1780s became a wine merchant in Frankfurt.
His son, Jacob Samuel Heyum Stern, started a banking business, ...
, both 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)
King James ...
. Both creations are extinct.
The Stern Baronetcy, of
Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill may refer to:
United Kingdom
*Strawberry Hill, London, England
**Strawberry Hill House, Horace Walpole's Gothic revival villa
**Strawberry Hill railway station
United States
*Strawberry Hill (San Francisco), California
* Strawberr ...
in the parish of
Twickenham
Twickenham is a suburban district in London, England. It is situated on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965, and the borou ...
and County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 31 July 1905. For more information on this creation, see
Baron Michelham
Baron Michelham (verbally Lord) , of Hellingly in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 December 1905 for the banker, businessman and philanthropist Sir Herbert Stern, 1st Baronet. He was he ...
.
The Stern Baronetcy, of Chertsey in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 June 1922 for the benefactor Edward Stern. He was the son of
Viscount de Stern, the younger brother of
Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth
Sydney James Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth, (1844 – 10 February 1912) was a British banker, Liberal Member of Parliament philanthropist and member of the Stern banking family.
Background and education
Stern was born in London in 1844, the el ...
and the first cousin of the first Baronet of the 1905 creation. The title became extinct on Stern's death in 1933.
Family seats
Despite its
Edwardian
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three-storey ornate façade, Fan Court, on the
Longcross
Longcross is a village in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately southwest of central London. Its name is thought to come from a marker, placed where the parish boundaries of Chertsey, Chobham and Egham met.
From the start ...
/
Lyne
Lyne may refer to:
Places
* Division of Lyne, an electoral division in New South Wales, Australia
* Lyne, Denmark, a town in southwest Denmark
* Lyne, Surrey a village in southern England
* River Lyne, a river of Cumbria in England
* Lyne, Sco ...
border in north-west
Surrey is not a
listed building
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but was the principal home of Edward Stern 'of Chertsey' which was then its
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...
from at least 1911.
A farmer as well as businessman, Sir Edward regularly entered many entries into the
Chertsey Agricultural Show, until at least 1928.
Stern at the Agricultural Show in 1928
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Stern baronets, of Strawberry Hill (1905)
*see Baron Michelham
Baron Michelham (verbally Lord) , of Hellingly in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 December 1905 for the banker, businessman and philanthropist Sir Herbert Stern, 1st Baronet. He was he ...
Stern baronets, of Chertsey (1922)
*Sir Edward David Stern
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
, 1st Baronet (1854–1933)
References
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Stern family (banking)