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On 18 April 1915, at Reigate, Reuter shot himself dead with a revolver, a few days after the death of his wife. Two days later, on 20 April, their son Hubert enlisted as a private in the Royal Fusiliers. He was killed in action on 13 November 1916.
Jan 25, 2009 · The Reuter family's direct connection with the company ended on 18 April 1915 when the founder's son, Baron Herbert de Reuter, 63, shot himself three days after the sudden death of his wife. Hubert de Reuter, his only son, thus became the 3rd Baron.
Baron de Reuter had three sons; Herbert, 2nd Baron de Reuter, George, 3rd Baron de Reuter, and André Reuter. His only daughter, Clementine Maria, married Count Otto Stenbock, and after his death, Sir Herbert Chermside, a governor of Queensland.[8]
- "Israel Baer", "Sisskind"
- Kassel, Hesse, Germany
- July 21, 1816
His son Herbert succeeded him as managing director. Baron Herbert de Reuter did not possess the same business acumen as his father, but he raised the standard of journalism within Reuters, meeting the public demand for more popular news in the 1890s.
Buchan’s close connection with Reuters lasted for nearly 20 years, beginning before Sir Roderick and the then chairman Mark Napier bought the Company in 1916 following the death of Herbert de Reuter, the son of the founder.
He died in 1915 and his son, Baron Hubert de Reuter, the last of the Reuters, was killed while rescuing a comrade on the Western Front at Beaumont Hamel in 1916 as a private in the Black Watch. At Baron Herbert's death the present chairman and managing director, Sir Roderick Jones, K.B.E., who started his Reuter career as
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Jan 3, 2020 · A “treasure-trove” of letters from him to Herbert de Reuter, Paul Julius’ son and successor, exist. Engländer, in the 1880s, was entrusted by Herbert with negotiations with other European agencies.
