Maurice Benedict de Worms (1805–1867) was an Austrian plantation owner in Ceylon.
Maurice Benedict de Worms was born in 1805 in Frankfurt, Germany.
[1][2] His father was Benedikt Moses Worms (1769–1824) and his mother, Schönche Jeannette Rothschild (1771–1859).
[2] Together with his brother Gabriel, he travelled to the Far East in 1841 and purchased a plantation in Ceylon.
[1] His business was succeeded by Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright.