Wernher baronets
{{short description|Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom}}
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The Wernher Baronetcy of Luton Hoo Park in the Parish of Luton, Bedford, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 August 1905 for the German-born Randlord and art collector Julius Wernher.{{Cite web|title=Julius Charles Wernher|url=https://www.nmrs.org.uk/resources/obituaries-of-members/obituaries-of-members-names-beginning-with-w/julius-charles-wernher/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Northern Mine Research Society|language=en-US}} His younger son, the third Baronet (who succeeded his elder brother), was a major general in the British Army. The title became extinct on his death in 1973.
The family seat was Luton Hoo.
Wernher baronets, of Luton Hoo (1905)
- Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (1850–1912)
- Sir Derrick Wernher, 2nd Baronet (1889–1948)
- Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet (1893–1973)
Arms
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|escutcheon = Gules the head of a grappling iron in saltire Argent issuing from the base a mount Vert and in the dexter and sinister base a mullet of six points Or.
|crest = Between two elephant's trunks the dexter per fess Gules and Or and the sinister per fess Or and Gules a lozenge Sable thereon a mullet as in the arms.{{cite book|title=Burke's Peerage |date=1949}}}}
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