Julius Wernher - Marriage and Children

Marriage and Children

On 12 June 1888 Julius married socialite Alice Sedgwick Mankiewicz (1862 - 30 November 1945), nicknamed "Birdie", whom he described as "bright-eyed, fair-haired, small, intelligent and musical". She was the daughter of Jacob James Mankiewicz (1830–1879) from Danzig, the son of Joel Mankiewicz, a merchant. Her mother was Ada Susan Pigott from Colchester, who had a brother who was a General. Birdie and her mother lived in part of a big mid-Victorian house in Bayswater, 15a Pembridge Square. Julius and Alice had three sons:

1. Sir Derrick Julius Wernher, 2nd Baronet (7 June 1889 - 6 March 1948) x 14 December 1922 Theodora Anna Romanoff, daughter of Nikita Romanoff
   1. Anna Alexandra Wernher b. 14 May 1924
2. Alexander, killed in World War One.
3. Maj.-Gen. Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt. (16 January 1893 - 30 June 1973) x Countess Anastasia (Zia) Mikhailovna de Torby, (9 September 1892 - 1977), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and Sophie Nikolaievna von Merenberg, Countess de Torby
   1. Captain George Michael Alexander Wernher (22 Aug 1918 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 4 Dec 1942 Beja, Egypt). Killed in action
   2. Georgina Wernher b. 17 Oct 1919 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. x London 10 October 1944 Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips (1909-1980), son of Colonel Joseph Harold John Phillips; xx London December 1992 Lt.-Col. Sir George Arnold Ford Kennard, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Coleridge Arthur Fitzroy Kennard, 1st Bt. and Dorothy Katherine Barclay. She had 5 children from her first marriage.
   3. Myra Alice Wernher, Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.). b. 8 Mar 1925 x 5 November 1946 Major Sir David Henry Butter, son of Colonel Charles Adrian James Butter. They had 5 children.

The Wernher Mausoleum is in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity, East Hyde.

Alice Wernher married Lord Ludlow (Henry Ludlow Lopes, 2nd Baron Ludlow of Heywood (30 Sep 1865 - 8 Nov 1922)) on 25 September 1919.