Samuel Bleichröder

Samuel Bleichröder ( born July 15, 1779 Wriezen, † December 30, 1855 in Berlin) was a German - Jewish banker and founder of the banking house S. Bleichröder.

The family came from Bleicherode am Harz. The father of Samuel was from 1773 onwards manufacturer of shoe buckles and rose to military suppliers. In 1793, this Hofparfümeur the Prussian Queen. Samuel Bleichröder opened in 1803 a change and lottery shop in Berlin, in 1809 he joined the Society of Friends. The Bleichrödersche company grew in importance, as Samuel Bleichröder 1828 became the representative of the Rothschilds in Berlin. Since 1847 Bleichröder was involved in almost all German Rothschild bonds. Numerous Cologne banks doing business with Bleichröder. As an agent of the Rothschilds, he came into contact with the Prussian royal house. In 1842 he procured the money for the journey of the Prussian king to England. Bleichröder was banker since 1845 the Rhenish and the Cologne - Minden railway.

1815 married Samuel Bleichröder Johanna Aron († 1847). Their children were Gerson of Bleichröder, who took over his father's company, and Julius Bleichröder (1828-1907), who founded a private banking business.