Anthony Denis Maurice George de Worms was born on 4 January 1869.
[1] His paternal grandfather, Solomon Benedict de Worms (1801–1882), owned large plantations in Ceylon and was made a Hereditary Baron of the Austrian Empire by Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916), and his paternal grandmother was Henrietta Samuel.
His paternal uncle was Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright (1840–1903).
[1] He became 3rd Baron de Worms in 1902, but renounced his aristocratic title in 1920.
[1][2] They had two sons and one daughter: They resided at Milton Park in Egham, Surrey.