Feb 7th, 1939
by John Donovan.
DETERDING BURIAL PLANS
Oil Operator’s Body to Be Taken to His German Estate
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland, Feb. 6 (AP).–The family of Sir Henri Deterding gathered at the Swiss villa where he died unexpectedly Saturday to take the body of the 72-year-old Netherlands-born oil operator back to his estate at Dobbin, Mecklenburg, Germany, for burial.
His two sons came from England to join Lady Deterding who, friends said, is expecting the birth of a child next month.
Sir Henri, .who bad a personal fortune estimated at $150,000,000 or more and who retired in 1937 from the director generalship of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, also is survived by a daughter by his first marriage and two daughters by his second. His first wife died, the second marriage ended in a divorce and in 1936 he married a 38-year-old secretary. read more
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by John Donovan.
Daily Express: Oil King will be buried in Germany: 7 February 1939 Page 11

Oil king will be buried in Germany
Daily Express Correspondent
GENEVA. Monday.- The two sons of Sit Henri Deterding, the oil magnate, who died on Saturday, were expected to fly to St. Moritz yesterday, but arrived tonight by train with other relatives.
After meeting Lady Deterding, they decided that their father should be buried on his estate at Dobbin, Mecklenburg, North Germany. The family will leave tomorrow morning. read more
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THE CALGARY DAILY HERALD: 7 February 1939 Page 4


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FEW careers in modern times have been more strange and eventual that that of Sir Henri Deterding.
An inveterate enemy of Soviet rule in Russia because of confiscation of the rich Caucasus oil fields, he later swung over to the support of the Hitler movement in Germany and helped to finance it.
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Feb 7th, 1939
by John Donovan.
Daily Express 7 February 1939 page 11
Divorced, went to live in Germany
Daily Express Staff Reporter
SIR HENRI DETERDING, the oil king, once estimated to have a personal fortune of £25,000,000, has left practically nothing in England.
FULL ARTICLE: Daily Express 6 Feb 1939 Page11
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