▁Har ms worth , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron ▁Har ms worth , ▁Sir ▁Le ic ester ▁Har ms worth , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron et , ▁and ▁Sir ▁H ilde brand ▁Har ms worth , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron et . ▁ ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁Christ ▁Church , ▁Oxford , ▁with ▁a ▁B A ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Am alg am ated ▁Press ▁( f ounded ▁by ▁his ▁brother , ▁Alfred ). ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁S ylvan ▁Deb ating ▁Club , ▁which ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁his ▁father . ▁ ▁Career ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 7 , ▁when ▁trav elling ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁France , ▁Har ms worth ▁met ▁Dr ▁Louis ▁Per rier , ▁a ▁local ▁doctor , ▁who ▁had ▁bought ▁a ▁spring ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁in ▁nearby ▁Ver g è ze , ▁and ▁was ▁operating ▁a ▁commercial ▁sp a ▁and ▁bott ling ▁the ▁water ▁for ▁sale . ▁Per rier ▁was ▁in ▁dire ▁need ▁of ▁invest ment , ▁and ▁showed ▁Har ms worth ▁the ▁spring , ▁which ▁he ▁then ▁bought ▁into , ▁becoming ▁the ▁sole ▁owner ▁within ▁two ▁years , ▁s elling ▁his ▁share ▁in ▁the ▁Daily ▁Mail ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁funds . ▁He ▁closed ▁the ▁sp a ▁and ▁focused ▁on ▁bott ling ▁the ▁water , ▁ren aming ▁the ▁spring ▁Source ▁Per rier . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁he ▁was ▁injured ▁in ▁a ▁motor ▁accident ▁on ▁the ▁Great ▁North ▁Road , ▁near ▁Hat field ▁in ▁H ert ford shire