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Jan 26, 2018 · Compilation of ancient film footage focussed on Sir Henry Deterding and the Royal Dutch Shell Group. In the years leading up to WW2, Sir Henri, the Dutch fou...
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Jan 21, 2018 · Extract from a film about Royal Dutch Shell and its founder Sir Henri Deterding. Copyright holder of the original film is unknown. Probably made for Shell. I...
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Henri Wilhelm August Deterding, KBE (19 April 1866 – 4 February 1939) was one of the first executives of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and was its general manager for 36 years, from 1900 to 1936, and was also chairman of the combined Royal Dutch/Shell oil company. He succeeded the founder of Royal Dutch, Jean Baptiste August Kessler, when ...
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Nov 6, 2010 · The coffin of Royal Dutch Shell founder and ardent Nazi, Sir Henri Deterding, with an honor guard of Nazi-soldiers. By John Donovan. On 10 February 1939 ( 1 ), a historic event with some trappings of a state funeral, was held at a private estate in Dobbin, Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn ...
Aug 26, 2018 · Kelling Hall, in Holt, Norfolk, shown above, was one of Deterding’s palatial UK residences. It is located near the Sandringham estate of the British royal family. Built for Sir Henri in 1913, in grounds of 1,600 acres, the property was sold in 2008 by his grandson James Deterding for £25 million (over $37 million USD).
Jul 20, 2019 · Deterding’s name is visible on his cartoon image on an enlarged copy There is no evidence that Sir Henri, the then Director-General of Royal Dutch Shell, took issue with the content, which would have been grossly defamatory if untrue. Deterding’s personal secretary from 1937 onwards had outspoken fascist sympathies. See page 483 RDSH V1.
