Person    | Male  Born 1854  Died 17/4/1933

Sir Edward David Stern

1st and last Baronet of Chertsey. Son of David Stern. Army officer and businessman. Stern Bros. of 57 Gracechurch Street were merchant banks and manufacturers of lubricating oils. Stern Brothers was one of the most successful banking houses in London in the second half of the 1800s. Stern's main hobby was breeding Shire and Percheron horses at two of his farms - Trumps Farm in Longcross and Hersham Farm in Hersham. A major in the Berkshire Imperial Yeomanry and became High Sheriff of Surrey in 1904. Knighted in 1904 and made a baronet in 1922.

Sources include: Grace's Guide, Find a Grave.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Edward David Stern

Commemorated ati

West London Synagogue - Stern

{On the plaque to the south of the entrance:} This stone was laid by Sir Edw...

Read More

Other Subjects

Francis Fuller

Francis Fuller

A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Surveyor and land agent. Born Coulsdon, Surrey. Died Hove.

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thomas Baring

Thomas Baring

Banker and politician, grandson of the bank founder Sir Francis. Born Lee, near Lewisham, Kent. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Died at Fontmell Lodge, Bournemouth.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Jude Kelly

Jude Kelly

Theatre director and producer. Born Liverpool. 2005 Appoint Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre.

Person, Politics & Administration, Theatre

1 memorial
Sutton Council

Sutton Council

London borough formed by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam, with the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington and Carshalton Urban District which had previously been par...

Group, Politics & Administration

11 memorials
Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury

Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England.  In the latter role he was associated with the taxes against which the Peasants Revolted and so, along with Robert Hales, he was dragged fro...

Person, Execution, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial