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
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]

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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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