John von Berenberg-Gossler (22 October 1866 in
Hamburg
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– 14 July 1943) was a
Hamburg
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banker, politician and
grand burgher
Grand Burgher aleor Grand Burgheress emale(from German: Großbürger ale Großbürgerin emale is a specific conferred or inherited title of medieval German origin and legally defined preeminent status granting exclusive constitutional privil ...
.
Career
He was elected
Senator in Hamburg in 1908 and served as German Ambassador to
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
1920–21. He was a member of the
Berenberg-Gossler banking dynasty and the son of Baron
Johann von Berenberg-Gossler (1839–1913), owner of
Berenberg Bank, who was ennobled in Prussia in 1888 and conferred Baronial rank in 1910. His father had destined him to succeed him as head of the bank, and his election as Senator took place against the will of his father. He was forced to sell his share of the bank, and his brother Cornelius Freiherr
Edit Berenberg-Gossler succeeded their father as head of the bank. He was head of the bank ''Hamburger Bank von 1861'' (now ) from 1923 to 1925.
Literature
* Georg Wenzel (Hrsg.): ''Deutscher Wirtschaftsführer. Lebensgänge deutscher Wirtschaftspersönlichkeiten. Ein Nachschlagebuch über 13000 Wirtschaftspersönlichkeiten unserer Zeit.'' Hanseatische Verlags-Anstalt, Hamburg u. a. 1929.
* Maria Keipert (Red.): ''Biographisches Handbuch des deutschen Auswärtigen Dienstes 1871–1945.'' Herausgegeben vom Auswärtigen Amt, Historischer Dienst. Band 2: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: ''G–K.'' Schöningh, Paderborn u. a. 2005, , S. 115.
References
External links
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Ambassadors of Germany to Italy
German bankers
Grand burghers of Hamburg
Senators of Hamburg (before 1919)
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
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1866 births
1943 deaths