William Courtauld

Sir William Julien Courtauld, 1st Baronet (6 June 1870 – 13 May 1940) was a British businessman and benefactor and a member of the Courtauld family empire in Great Britain.

He was a General Commissioner of Income Tax from 1908 until his death.

[2] In 1921, Courtauld was appointed the High Sheriff of Essex for the year.

His gifts include the following: Braintree: Chelmsford: In recognition of his status as a senior member of this prominent and socially active business family, and of his personal record of charitable works, he was created a baronet, of Bocking in the County of Essex, on 5 July 1939.

He died in May 1940, aged 69, when the Courtauld baronetcy became extinct.