Career
Born near Munich, Hugo Hirsch became a naturalized British subject in 1883 and changed his surname to Hirst. He was created a baronet, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 2 July 1925 and elevated to the peerage as Baron Hirst, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 28 June 1934. Leslie joined General Electric Company and became Chairman and Managing Director after Hirst"s death.