Paul Berenberg (born 1716, died 1768) was a

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merchant and banker and a member of the Berenberg banking family. He served as a

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of Hamburg, succeeding his father

Rudolf Berenberg Rudolf Berenberg (born 1680, died 1746) was a Hamburg merchant and banker and a member of the Berenberg banking family. He served as President of the Commerz-Deputation 1728–1729 and as a Hamburg Senator from 1735. He was the son of Cornelius B ...

. His brothers were Rudolf Berenberg (1712–1761), merchant in Hamburg, Cornelius Berenberg (1714–1773), merchant in Livorno, and Johann Berenberg (1718–1772), merchant in Hamburg.

Literature

*''Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co.: Die Geschichte eines deutschen Privatbankhauses'',

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, Hamburg 1990 *

Percy Ernst Schramm Percy Ernst Schramm (14 October 1894 – 21 November 1970) was a German historian who specialized in art history and medieval history. Schramm was a Chair and Professor of History at the University of Göttingen from 1929 to 1963. Early lif ...

, ''Neun Generationen: Dreihundert Jahre deutscher Kulturgeschichte im Lichte der Schicksale einer Hamburger Bürgerfamilie (1648–1948)''. Vol. I and II, Göttingen 1963/64. {{DEFAULTSORT:Berenberg, Paul German bankers German merchants Senators of Hamburg (before 1919)

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Berenberg Bank people Grand burghers of Hamburg 1716 births 1768 deaths 18th-century German businesspeople