Herta Groves

Herta "Georgette" Groves (April 1920 – 27 April 2016) was an Austrian-born British milliner who made hats for Queen Elizabeth II.

Early life

Groves grew up in Vienna, the daughter of Jewish parents, Wilhelm and Amelia. Her father died of pneumonia which he caught after being forced at gunpoint to shovel snow from the streets of Vienna, and her mother and younger sister Alice died in a Latvian concentration camp in 1942.[1]

Life in Britain

Groves emigrated to Britain and founded the London Hat Company, creating hats based on her own couture designs.[1] The firm was successful and made hats for Queen Elizabeth II.[1][2] Groves was married twice, and lived in St John's Wood.

Groves died on 27 April 2016, aged 96, after being knocked down by a lorry driver following a concert at London's Wigmore Hall.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Camilla Turner (19 January 2016). "Queen's hatmaker who fled Nazis is killed in Wigmore Hall lorry crash". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Matt Watts; Barney Davis (27 April 2016). "Wigmore Hall crash victim was refugee, 96, who saved Jewish women from Hitler | London | News | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2016.


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