John Henry Powell Schneider

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

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

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

Beaver Hall, Southgate. published 1 Jun 1804. Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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.)
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.
Costeloe, M.P. (2003). Bonds and Bondholders: British Investors and Mexico's Foreign Debt, 1824-1888. Praeger. ISBN 9780275979393. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review. Vol. 190. Bradbury, Evans. 1851. p. 556. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
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.
"Will of John Henry Powell Schneider of New Broad Street Mews , City of London". The National Archives. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

External links

The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer of Pleas, and Exchequer of Chamber, ... E. B. Ince. 1846. p. 435. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
Shute, J. (2011). Henry Ayers: The Man Who Became a Rock. I. B. Tauris. p. 266. ISBN 9781848855632. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
Gale (Firm) (1858). The Illustrated London News. Vol. 32. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. p. 562. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

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[royal-1] Beaver Hall, Southgate. published 1 Jun 1804. Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

[odnb-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.

[google-4] Costeloe, M.P. (2003). Bonds and Bondholders: British Investors and Mexico's Foreign Debt, 1824-1888. Praeger. ISBN 9780275979393. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[google2-5] The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review. Vol. 190. Bradbury, Evans. 1851. p. 556. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[google3-6] 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.

[nationalarchives-7] "Will of John Henry Powell Schneider of New Broad Street Mews , City of London". The National Archives. Retrieved 18 January 2019.