Henri Louis Bischoffsheim

Henri Louis Bischoffsheim
Born(1829-02-17)17 February 1829
Amsterdam
Died11 March 1908(1908-03-11) (aged 79)
London
NationalityDutch, British, German
Occupation(s)Banker, politician
ChildrenEllen Cuffe, Countess of Desart
Portrait of his wife Clarissa Bischoffsheim, born Biedermann, by John Everett Millais.

Henri Louis Bischoffsheim (17 February 1829 – 11 March 1908) was a Dutch banker.[1][2][3]

He took over Bischoffsheim, Goldschmidt & Cie in London from his father Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim.[4]

He founded Deutsche Bank, Paribas, and Société Générale.[5] He died in 1908 in London, leaving an estate of £1,622,332 (equivalent to £208 million in 2023).[6]

See also

  • Bischoffsheim family

References

  1. ^ Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary L. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 96. ISBN 9781403939104.
  2. ^ Mosse, W. E. (1989). The German-Jewish Economic Élite, 1820–1935 : A Socio-Cultural Profile. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198229909.
  3. ^ Jolles, Michael (2002). Jews and the Carlton Club : with notes on Benjamin Disraeli, Henri Louis Bischoffsheim and Saul Isaac. London: Jolles. ISBN 0952310589.
  4. ^ Kasper-Holtkotte, Cilli (2003). "Die Bischoffheims". Im Westen Neues: Migration und ihre Folgen : deutsche Juden als Pioniere jüdischen Lebens in Belgien, 18./19. Jahrhundert. Brill. pp. 181–186. ISBN 9004131094.
  5. ^ "Turtle Bunbury - Award-winning travel writer, historian and author based in Ireland". www.turtlebunbury.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  6. ^ United Kingdom Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth "consistent series" supplied in Thomas, Ryland; Williamson, Samuel H. (2024). "What Was the U.K. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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