David Jacob de Stern, Viscount de Stern (1807 – 19 January 1877) was a German-born British banker and senior partner of the firm of Stern Brothers.
Life and career
Stern was born in
Frankfurt am Main to the prominent
Stern banking family. In 1833 he moved to
London and in 1844 was joined by his brother
Hermann.
Together, they co-founded Stern Brothers, a financial institution based in London.
Stern was a member of the Commission of Lieutenancy of the
City of London, and he was a director of the Imperial Bank.
In 1869, King
Luís I of Portugal
Dom Luís I (31 October 1838, in Lisbon – 19 October 1889, in Cascais), known as The Popular (Portuguese: O Popular) was a member of the ruling House of Braganza,"While remaining patrilineal dynasts of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha accord ...
conferred the noble title of ''visconde'' (
viscount) on him in recognition of the work of Stern's bank in floating Portuguese loans.
Marriage and children
Stern married Sophia Goldsmid, daughter of Aaron Asher Goldsmid, brother of Sir
Isaac Goldsmid. Their son was
Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth
Sydney James Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth, (1844 – 10 February 1912) was a British banker, Liberal Member of Parliament philanthropist and member of the Stern banking family.
Background and education
Stern was born in London in 1844, the el ...
, and their daughter
Alice Theresa Lucas
Alice Theresa Lucas born Alice Theresa Stern (6 May 1853 – 3 May 1924) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British parliamentary candidate in the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 General Election. She was the first woman ...
was a prospective
Conservative Party candidate who was nearly their first woman MP.
Stern died in 1877 and his wife died in 1900.
References
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1807 births
1877 deaths
19th-century German Jews
Date of birth missing
Viscounts of Portugal
English bankers
German bankers
Businesspeople from Frankfurt
German emigrants to the United Kingdom
Stern family (banking)
19th-century English businesspeople