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June, 1936:

Demented resignation rumours about Sir Henry Deterding

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Berliner Tageblatt: Demented resignation rumours about Sir Henry Deterding

Berliner Tageblatt: Demented resignation rumours about Sir Henry Deterding. 30 June 1936

AMSTERDAM, 30 Juni.

“Amsterdam Standard” announces that Sir Henry Deterding, the head of Royal Dutch, intends to resign from his post and settle in Holland. Sir Henry Deterding recently bought the country estate of the Kroller family in Wassenaar.

LONDON, June 30th
Upon request, we are informed of the Shell Trade and Shipping Co., the English trading company of the Royal Dutch Group, who dispensed rumours circulating in Holland of a retreat from Sir Henry Deterding’s active business life.
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Frankfurter Zeitung: Wedding of Sir Henry Deterding: 3 June 1936

Frankfurter Zeitung: Wedding of Sir Henry Deterding. 3 June 1936

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SIR HENRI DETERDING 70-Year-Old Oil Magnate Married for Third Time

The Scotsman – Wednesday 03 June 1936

SIR HENRI DETERDING

70-Year-Old Oil Magnate Married for Third Time

Amsterdam, June 2 . —The wedding of Sir Henri Deterding, the 70 year-old oil magnate, and Fraulein Charlotte ‘ . Minna Knaack took place in the strictest privacy at the Amsterdam Town Hall to-day. Fraulein Knaack is 39 years of age.

The Mayor of Amsterdam M . de Vlugt, officiated at the ceremony. The couple left immediately after the wedding by aeroplane for Berlin.

This is Sir Henri Deterding’s third marriage. His second marriage, to Lydia Pavlovna Koudoyaroff , daughter of the late General Paul Koudoyaroff, was  Dissolved only a fortnight ago. read more

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