Ernest Cassel

The Right Honourable
Sir Ernest Cassel
GCB GCMG GCVO
Painted by Anders Zorn, 1906
Born
Ernest Joseph Cassel

(1852-03-03)3 March 1852
Cologne, Prussia
Died21 September 1921(1921-09-21) (aged 69)
Brook House, Park Lane, London, England
Resting placeKensal Green Cemetery, London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationMerchant banker
Known forMerchant banker and capitalist
Spouse
Annette Mary Maud Maxwell
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(m. 1878⁠–⁠1881)​
ChildrenAmalia Mary Maud Cassel
Parent(s)Jacob Cassel
Amalia Rosenheim

Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC (3 March 1852 – 21 September 1921)[1] was a British merchant banker and capitalist. Born and raised in Prussia, he moved to England at the age of 17.[2]

  1. ^ GRO Register of Deaths: SEP 1921 1a 414 ST GEO HAN SQ – Ernest J. Cassel, aged 69
  2. ^ See Robert K. Massie, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the coming of the Great War (1991) pp. 792-817.