Laura Julia de Stern (1855 – 1935)
Youngest child of Hermann, Baron de Stern and Julia Goldsmid.

Married Sir David Lionel Salomons in 1882.
Five children: Maud , Sybil , David Reginald , Vera and Ethel.
Daughter of one of the wealthiest men of Victorian Britain, Laura married David Lionel in 1882, becoming Lady Laura Salomons. They lived at the Broomhill estate in Kent and at 49 Grosvenor Street in London .
Laura was involved with the running of the Salomons households, hosting many gatherings of scientists, photographers and transport enthusiasts at Broomhill and Grosvenor Street . She was a devoted mother to her five children.
Although nothing has been found in the records, it is known that David Lionel was in favour of allowing women some freedoms – including driving motor cars. So perhaps Laura was one of the first women drivers?
She outlived her husband and two of her children, dying in the same year as her daughter, Maud. She is buried in the family burial ground at Lower Green, Tunbridge Wells.