The Schröder family is a

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family of

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, that is, a family that belonged to the historical

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s (also known more broadly in English as

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) of the city republic prior to the constitutional changes in 1918–19. The Schröder family has traditionally been

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Christian Matthias Schröder (1742–1821), a native of

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, became a Hamburg merchant and acquired the hereditary grand burghership. He founded the well-known firm ''Christ. Matthias Schröder & Co.'', with branches in Bremen,

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and Riga. He was elected a senator in 1799 and served as

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, i.e.

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and

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of the sovereign city republic, from 1816 until his death in 1821. He was married to Luise Mutzenbecher (1754–1813), a member of a prominent Hamburg family. They were the parents of Christian Mathias Schröder (1778–1860), who succeeded him as head of the firm and also became a Hamburg senator (1821–1859), and of

Johann Heinrich Schröder Johann Heinrich Schröder (12 December 1784 – 28 June 1883) was a member of the Hanseaten (class), Hanseatic Schröder family of Hamburg, who settled in London and founded Schroders, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment banks. Ear ...

, who settled in London and founded the investment bank

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. In 1868, Johann Heinrich Schröder was ennobled by

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and received the title of ''

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'' ( Baron). Christian Matthias Schröder was the grandfather of Hamburg First Mayor Carl August Schröder. The firm ''Christ. Matthias Schröder & Co.'' went bankrupt in 1858. Bruno Schroder was a non-executive director of Schroders and a member of the company's nominations committee.

References

*Renate Hauschild-Thiessen: "Schröder." In: '' Neue Deutsche Biographie'' (NDB). Vol. 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, , S. 553 f. *''

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'', Vol. 128, 1962, p. 189 *

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, ''Neun Generationen: Dreihundert Jahre deutscher Kulturgeschichte im Lichte der Schicksale einer Hamburger Bürgerfamilie (1648–1948)''. Vol. I and II, Göttingen 1963/64; Vol. 2, p. 186 *''

'', Vol. 128, 1962; p. 194

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