Beaver Hall The Seat of John Locke Esq. Southgate Middlesex. John Hassell, London, 1804.[1]

John Henry Powell Schneider (c. 1768 – 1861) was a merchant in London of Swiss origins.

Early life and family

John Schneider was born around 1768, into a family that had moved to England from Switzerland earlier in the century. He became head of John Schneider & Co., London merchants. He resided at Beaver Hall, near Southgate, London. His son Henry Schneider, industrialist and politician, was born there in 1817 to him and his second wife, Elizabeth Moul.[2]

John Schneider & Co.

The firm of John Schneider & Co. imported goods from the Russian Empire, and Schneider was a furrier.[3] He was also involved with the scandal over Mexican debt.[4]

Death

Schneider died at Brighton in 1851, at age 83.[5][6] His will is held by the British National Archives.[7]

References

  1. ^ Beaver Hall, Southgate. published 1 Jun 1804. Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ^ Jones, Aidan C. J. "Schneider, Henry William (1817–1887)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50511. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Gigante, Denise (7 October 2013). The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George. Harvard University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-674-72595-9.
  4. ^ Costeloe, M.P. (2003). Bonds and Bondholders: British Investors and Mexico's Foreign Debt, 1824-1888. Praeger. ISBN 9780275979393. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  5. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review. Vol. 190. Bradbury, Evans. 1851. p. 556. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  6. ^ Walford, E. (1871). The County Families of the United Kingdom: Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland : Containing a Brief Notice of the Descent, Birth, Marriage, Education, and Appointments of Each Person, His Heir Apparent Or Presumptive, as Also a Record of the Offices which He Has Hitherto Held, Together with His Town Address and Country Residence. Robert Hardwicke. p. 865. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Will of John Henry Powell Schneider of New Broad Street Mews , City of London". The National Archives. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

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