Person    | Male  Born 1815  Died 20/10/1887

Baron Herman de Stern

Categories: Commerce

Born Frankfurt, moved to London by the 1840s where he joined his brother David. There were other brothers in Paris and Berlin so their banking business covered Europe and was extremely successful. Herman became one of the wealthiest men in Victorian Britain. Father of Herbert. Baron in the Portuguese nobility. Died 4 Hyde Park Gate.

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Baron Herman de Stern

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