Louis Saul Sterling

1879 - 1958  (79 years)

• Name	Louis Saul Sterling
  Born	16 May 1879	Kovno Lithuania - Russian Empire
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Jun 1958	St Mary's Hospital Paddington London
  Buried	4 Jun 1958	Willsden Jewish Cemetery
  Person ID	I1178	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Moses Sterling,   b. 1856,   d. UNKNOWN
  Mother	Julia,   b. 1856,   d. UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cissy Kantorwicz,   b. 17 Mar 1877, Germany ,   d. 1963, Marylebone  (Age 85 years)
  Married	17 Sep 1919	London Central Synagogue Portland Street Marylebone London
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Biography: http://soundofthehound.com/absent-friends/sterling-louis-1879-1958/ .Originally published Gramaphone Magazine July 1958 Donation of Library (c.4000 volumes) to Senate House Library London University from 1954. Awarded Hon D.Litt. Here follows article in Times Literary Supplement of 4 February 1939 describing Sterling's library http://senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/special-collections/printed-special-collections/tls-1939/ Business Career : http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Louis_Saul_Sterling DNB Article. Erroneously records born in New York on 31 May 1879. Evidence sourced by IKM points to "Lithuania Russian Empire" on 16 May 1879. Birth name not established. Anecdote quotes Sterling as saying that when he arrived in the UK he adopted the name of the epitome of the British Empire, the currency. Another anecdote was that on being Knighted by George VI, in answer to a question by the King, he replied that his first night in England was spent as "a guest of your father Sir", That is in a police cell, having celebrated his arrival rather too well. Anecdotes relayed to IKM by his Aunt, Dorothy Munro, who was married briefly to his step-son, George Kent. Furthermore the DNB article gives maiden name of his wife Cissy as Stevens, whereas IKM records it as Kantorwicz, born in Germany. She was the widow of Julian Wilford Kandt, who died 19 June 1919. She married Sterling on 17 Sept 1919. Probate Valuation of Estate 20 January 1959 was ?667,250.