His talent for business was spotted by a diamond dealer named Jules Porgès of London and Paris, who sent Wernher in 1873 as his agent to the diamond mines of Kimberley, South Africa to buy and export diamonds.
In 1903 the house was bought by Sir Julius Wernher, who had made his fortune from the diamond mines of South Africa.
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The Leigh family continued to own Luton Hoo until 1903, when on the death of John Leigh's daughter-in-law, who had late in life married Christian de Falbe, the Danish ambassador to England, the estate was sold to the diamond magnate, Sir Julius Wernher.
Julius Wernher (1850–1912), German-born British Randlord and entrepreneur
It was created on 2 August 1905 for the German-born Randlord and art collector Julius Wernher.
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