Percy de Worms

Percy George de Worms (3 November 1873 – 2 April 1941) was an English aristocrat and philatelist.

Biography

Early life Percy George de Worms was born on 3 November 1873. His paternal grandfather was Solomon Benedict de Worms (1801-1882), who owned large plantations in Ceylon and was made a Hereditary Baron of the Austrian Empire by Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916), and his paternal grandmother was Henrietta Samuel. His family was Jewish.

Career He was a barrister by profession. The de Worms family had interests in coffee estates in Ceylon. The work de Worms compiled was one of meticulous philatelic scholarship and in the foreword to the published edition, Sir John Wilson commented that "Possibly nobody but de Worms would have had the courage to attempt it..." .

Personal life

He married Nora, only daughter of Sir Harry Simon Samuel MP on 25 July 1900. They had one son and one daughter (b. 1902).

Publications The Royal Philatelic Society, London: 1869 - April 10, 1919, Royal Philatelic Society London, 1919. "The Foreign Bill Stamps Produced by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co." in The Bulletin, Fiscal Philatelic Society, Vol.II, No.8, December 1925. "The Local Surcharges of Ceylon 1885" in The London Philatelist, 1927. "Ceylon" in the Regent Stamp Catalogue, Robson Lowe, London. (Editor) Perkins Bacon Records, Royal Philatelic Society London, 1953. (Two volumes published posthumously. Edited by John Easton and Arnold Strange)