John von Berenberg-Gossler (22 October 1866 in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

– 14 July 1943) was a

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

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

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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
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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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berenberggossler, John Von Ambassadors of Germany to Italy German bankers Grand burghers of Hamburg Senators of Hamburg (before 1919)

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1866 births 1943 deaths