Hugo Hirst, 1st Baron Hirst

Hugo Hirst, 1st Baron Hirst (26 November 1863-22 January 1943), known as Sir Hugo Hirst, Bt, between 1925 and 1934, was a German-born British industrialist.

Born near Munich in 1863, Hugo Hirsch became a naturalized British citizen in 1883 and changed his surname to Hirst. ^[1] he was co-founder with Gustav Binswanger of the General Electric Company plc, and in 1910 became its chairman ^[2]. He was created a Baronet, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 2 July 1925 and elevated to the peerage as Baron Hirst, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 28 June 1934.

References