Henry de Worms was born on October 20, 1840. His father, Solomon Benedict de Worms (1801–1882), owned large plantations in Ceylon and was made a Hereditary Baron of the Austrian Empire by Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916). His mother was Henrietta Samuel.
King"s College London.
As a result, his paternal great-granduncles were Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773–1855), Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774–1855), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788–1855), and James Mayer de Rothschild (1792–1868). He was educated at King"s College London. He was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1863, and became a fellow of King"s College in the same year.
He was also the British Plenipotentiary and President of the Conference on Sugar Bounties in 1888, and later served as a Commissioner for the Patriotic Fund.
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1888 and raised to the peerage as Baron Pirbright, of Pirbright in the County of Surrey, in 1895. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889.
His publications include England"s Policy in the East, The Earth and its Mechanism, The Austro-Hungarian Empire and Memoirs of Count Beust. Lord Pirbright died in January 1903, aged 62.
In 1864, Lord Pirbright married Franziska ("Fanny", 1846–1922), eldest daughter of Baron von Todesco.
They had three daughters:
Alice Henrietta Antoinette (1865–1952)
Dora Sophia Emily (1869–?)
Constance Valérie Sophie (1875–1963). She was the grandmother of Rupert Loewenstein, the longtime manager of the rock band The Rolling Stones. In 1887. They had one daughter.
The barony became extinct on his death as he had no sons.
Royal Society; 22nd United Kingdom Parliament. 23rd United Kingdom Parliament. 24th United Kingdom Parliament.
25th United Kingdom Parliament]
de Worms served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Greenwich from 1880 to 1885 and for Liverpool East Toxteth from 1885 to 1895 and held office under Lord Salisbury as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1886 to 1888 and as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1888 to 1892.
