Baron Anthony Denis Maurice George de Worms (4 January 1869 – 11 January 1938) was an Austrian aristocrat (by courtesy) and an English philatelist.
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Biography
Early life
Anthony Denis Maurice George de Worms was born on 4 January 1869. His father was George de Worms, 2nd Baron de Worms and his mother, Louisa de Samuel. He had a brother, Percy de Worms, and a sister, Henrietta Emmy Louisa Amelia de Worms. His paternal grandfather, Solomon Benedict de Worms, owned large plantations in Ceylon and was made a Hereditary Baron of the Austrian Empire by Franz Joseph I of Austria, and his paternal grandmother was Henrietta Samuel. His family was Jewish.
His paternal great-grandmother was Schönche Jeannette Rothschild, thus his paternal great-great-grandfather was Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty. As a result, his paternal great-great-granduncles were Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Carl Mayer von Rothschild, and James Mayer de Rothschild. His great-uncles, who owned plantations in Ceylon with his grandfather, were Maurice Benedict de Worms and Gabriel Benedict de Worms. His paternal uncle was Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright.