Eckstein baronets

The Eckstein Baronetcy, of Fairwarp in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 24 April 1929 for the German-born, a sometime South African gold mine developer Frederich Eckstein, for his services to the Sudan as chairman of the Sudan Plantations Syndicate.[2] The baronetcy was extinct on the death of the second baronet.[3]

Hermann Eckstein, brother of the first Baronet, was a mining magnate and banker.[4]

Eckstein baronets, of Fairwarp and the Sudan (1929)
  • Sir Frederich Gustav Jonathan Eckstein, 1st Baronet (1857–1930)
  • Sir Bernard Eckstein, 2nd Baronet (1894–1948)

References
  1. "No. 33490". The London Gazette. 30 April 1929. p. 2849.
  2. "Honours List". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania: National Library of Australia (Online Archives). 2 March 1929. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1949 (81st edition), Joseph Whitaker, 1949, p. 297
  4. Wills, Walter H. (2006). The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907. London: Jeppestown Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-9553936-3-1.
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