The Wernher Baronetcy, of Luton Hoo Park in the Parish of Luton and County of Bedford, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 August 1905 for the German-born Randlord

Randlord

Randlord is a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the 1870s up to World War I....

 and art collector Julius Wernher. His younger son, the third Baronet (who succeeded his elder brother), was a Major-General in the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

. The title became extinct on his death in 1973.

The family seat was Luton Hoo

Luton Hoo

Luton Hoo straddles the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire borders between the towns of Harpenden and Luton. The unusual name "Hoo" is a Saxon word meaning the spur of a hill, and is more commonly associated with East Anglia.- Early History :...

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Wernher Baronets, of Luton Hoo (1905)

• Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet (1850–1912)
• Sir Derrick Wernher, 2nd Baronet (1889–1948)
• Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet (1893–1973)