Baron Hirst
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Hugo Hirst, 1st Baron Hirst (26 November 1863-22 January 1943), known as Sir Hugo Hirst, Bt, between 1925 and 1934, was a German-born British industrialist.
Born near Munich
in 1863, Hugo Hirsch became a naturalized British citizen in 1883 and changed his surname to Hirst. Werner Eugen Mosse, Julius Carlebach, Second chance: two centuries of German-speaking Jews in the United Kingdom Mohr Siebeck, 1991 ISBN 3161457412 page 187 he was co-founder with Gustav Binswanger of the General Electric Company plc, and in 1910 became its chairman . He was created a Baronet, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 2 July 1925 and elevated to the peerage as Baron Hirst, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 28 June 1934.
Born near Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
in 1863, Hugo Hirsch became a naturalized British citizen in 1883 and changed his surname to Hirst. Werner Eugen Mosse, Julius Carlebach, Second chance: two centuries of German-speaking Jews in the United Kingdom Mohr Siebeck, 1991 ISBN 3161457412 page 187 he was co-founder with Gustav Binswanger of the General Electric Company plc, and in 1910 became its chairman . He was created a Baronet, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 2 July 1925 and elevated to the peerage as Baron Hirst, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 28 June 1934.