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Backes & Strauss, the world's oldest Diamond company was founded in 1789 by German businessmen Georg Carl Backes and (later on) Max Strauss. Bean[edit] References^ Born Abroad – Germany. During the Nazi period in Germany St George's pastor, Julius Rieger, set up a relief centre for Jewish refugees from Germany who were provided with references to travel to England. Even today, the Royal family is sometimes parodied as being 'German' even though the family's German blood is now much diluted.In terms of religion, St Georges, a Lutheran Church dating from 1762-3, is the oldest German church in Britain. Every subsequent British monarch until Edward VII in the Twentieth century will take a German spouse. Examples include the Hanseatic merchants of the Middle Ages, from the sixteenth century Protestant refugees entered Britain, fleeing from the instability caused by the religious changes consequent upon the Reformation. George Frideric Handel, one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era in the 18th century, was commissioned to write four anthems for the coronation ceremony of King George II, later becoming a subject of the British crown in 1727. In 1818 Johann Heinrich Schröder founded with his brother, the London-based firm Schroders, today one of the world's largest investment banks. It served as a religious centre for generations of German immigrants who worked in the East End sugar refineries and in the meat and baking trades until the First World War. John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, founded the Astor dynasty in England. Martin's day (November 11), German carnival for children, but also picnics in parks and casual get-togethers. The British Royal family retained a German surname until 1917, when, in response to the anti-German feelings of World War I, it was legally changed to the English-sounding 'Windsor'. The congregation was founded by Dederich Beckmann, a wealthy sugar boiler and cousin of the first pastor. The largest numbers of Germans and German speakers are found in London, mostly in the wealthier boroughs such as Richmond, the location of a German medium school as well as other German shops catering to the population there. There is a sizeable community in Stoke Newington (Hackney) as well as in some north western and southern boroughs of London and other parts of the South East UK [1]. Traditional German celebrations in the UK include lantern walking on St.