Background
His father, József Deutsch, was knighted for his economic achievements in 1879 by the Emperor and allowed to use the prefix "de Hatvan".
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Sandor Hatvany-Deutsch
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Through their firm, Ignatz Deutsch & Sons, founded in Arad in 1822 and later moved to Budapest, the cousins grew sugar beet on large estates, set up refineries across Hungary for processing and exported their sugar on world markets. Although sugar was the source of the vast Hatvany fortune, the family was also involved in flour mills and grain trading, banking, among other activities. Sándor Hatvany-Deutsch participated in the creation of the National Association of Hungarian Industrialists in 1902, supported hospitals and sponsored a theater in Budapest.
Another son, Baron Lajos Hatvany became a gifted Hungarian writer
Membership
In 1908, Sándor was made a baron by Franz Joseph I of Austria, became a member of the Senate, and assumed the name Hatvany-Deutsch.
