Henry Hotze

Henry Hotze
Born	September 2, 1833 Zug, Switzerland
Died	April 19, 1887 (1887-04-20) (aged 53) Zug, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss-American
Known for	Unofficial Diplomatic Agent of the Confederate States of America
Spouse	Ruby Senac
Parents	Rudolf Hotze (father) Sophie Essinger (mother)

Henry Hotze (September 2, 1833 – April 19, 1887) was a Swiss American advocate for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He acted as a Confederate agent in Great Britain, attempting to build support for the Southern cause there. Hotze attempted to use liberal arguments of self-determination in favor of national independence, echoing the failed European revolutions of 1848. He also promised that the Confederacy would be a low-tariff nation in contrast to the high-tariff United States, and he emphasized the consequences of cotton shortages for the industrial workers in Britain, as caused by the Union blockade of Southern ports.^[1]