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Harry Winston (March 1, 1896 – December 8, 1978) [1] was an American jeweler. He donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 after owning it for a decade. [ 2 ] He also traded the Portuguese Diamond to the Smithsonian in 1963 in exchange for 3,800 carats of small diamonds.
Ambaji Venkatesh Shinde (22 December 1917 [1] – 8 April 2003) was a prominent jewelry designer in New York. [2]Ambaji Shinde, Jewelry Designer. The book "Harry Winston The Ultimate Jeweler" published in 1984 acknowledges Ambaji Venkatesh Shinde as "one of the most talented designers in the world today."
Harry Winston, Inc. is an American luxury jeweler and producer of Swiss timepieces. [2] [3] The company was founded in 1932 as Harry H. Winston Jewels, Inc. and changed its name to Harry Winston Inc. in January 1936. [4] [5] The company is named after its founder, Harry Winston, who was called by many as the "King of Diamonds". [2] [6] [7] [8] [9]
The name "The Portuguese Diamond" was given by Harry Winston, who acquired it from dancer Peggy Hopkins Joyce, noted for her many marriages and affairs with wealthy men. He in turn arranged a 1963 trade with its current owner, the Smithsonian Institution , for 3,800 carats (760 g) of smaller diamonds.
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Winston was created a life peer on 18 December 1995 as Baron Winston, of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. [13] [14] [15] He sits on the Labour Party benches in the House of Lords and takes the Labour whip. He speaks frequently in the House of Lords on education, science, medicine and the arts.
John Vincent Hurt was born on 22 January 1940, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, [8] [9] the son of Arnould Herbert Hurt (1904–1999) and Phyllis (née Massey; 1907–1975). His father had been a mathematician, but became a Church of England clergyman and served as vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Shirebrook, Derbyshire; his mother, a one-time actress, became "the first female draughtsman" at ...
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