Annie Henrietta Yule, Lady Yule ( Yule; 1 August 1874 – 14 July 1950) was a British film financier and a breeder of Arabian horses. She co-founded the British National Films Company and Hanstead Stud, and commissioned the superyachts of her day. Early life and marriage Annie Henrietta Yule was the only daughter of entrepreneur Andrew Yule and his wife, Emma Porter. She had a brother. The family's money came largely from the jute trade. She was born in Calcutta on 1 August 1874. By the time she was six years old, the family were living in Dulwich, then part of Surrey. Her father founded the conglomerate bearing his name, now owned by the Indian government, and (indirectly) Yule Catto & Co, now known as Synthomer plc. She married her cousin, Sir David Yule, on 12 December 1900 at St George's, Hanover Square. He had come out from Britain to join the family business. They had one child, a daughter, Gladys Meryl Yule (1903-1957). Soon after the wedding, the couple moved to England; she refused to live in India after an attack of malaria, although her husband's business interests remained there, and so he was unable to spend much time in the UK. They purchased Hanstead, a country house estate in Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, five miles from St Albans and not far from London. Lady Yule and her daughter lived there for the rest of their lives. In 1925, the Yules commissioned a new house for the site, designed to appear Georgian. Widowhood and wealth Sir David died in 1928, leaving his widow and daughter extremely wealthy women. Indeed, at one point, Lady Yule was known as the richest woman in the UK, even surpassing Lucy, Lady Houston, but, on her death, she left only $1.6 million. The New York Times reported that he left an estate of $100,000,000, equivalent to $1.6 billion in 2022 money. Yachts and travel Lady Yule and Gladys were world travellers who reportedly shared an interest in big game hunting: Hanstead House was said to have been adorned by a large stuffed bear which they had killed in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. In the grounds they kept a seal, penguins, and wallabies. To facilitate their travels, Lady Yule ordered three private motor yachts in 1929 from John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Glasgow. The largest and most luxurious of these was the Nahlin, one