William Julien Courtauld (6 June 1870 – 13 May 1940) was 1st Baronet Courtauld of Penny Pot, and part of the Courtauld family empire in Great Britain

Great Britain

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Personal life

He was the son of Sydney Courtauld

Sydney Courtauld

Sydney Courtauld JP was a Crepe and Silk manufacturer, and part of the Courtauld family empire in Great Britain-Personal life:He was born on 10 March 1840 in Bocking, Braintree, Essex. He was the son of George Courtauld and Susanna Sewell . He married Sarah Lucy Sharpe on 4 April 1865 at the...

 and Sarah Lucy Sharpe.

He married his cousin, Constance Cecily Courtauld (daughter of George Courtauld (MP)

George Courtauld (MP)

George Courtauld was an English cloth manufacturer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1878 to 1885....

) on 23 January 1913 in Gosfield, Essex.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Essex

High Sheriff of Essex

The High Sheriff of Essex was an ancient High Sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years...

in 1921.

He paid for the William Julien Courtauld Hospital in Braintree, Essex, and also the recreation ground, fountain, buildings near the church and Braintree Town Hall which was built between 1926 and 1928. The Register Office was given in 1929.

He also donated the new county hall in Chelmsford in 1938.

He was created 1st Baronet Courtauld of Penny Pot, Essex on 5 July 1939. The Baronetcy became extinct on his death.