Julius Caesar Czarnikow

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Julius Caesar Czarnikow
Born1838
Sondershausen, Germany
Died17 April 1909 (aged 70–71)
London, England
OccupationSugar broker
Parent(s)Moritz Czarnikow
Johanne Bar

Julius Caesar Czarnikow (1838 – 17 April 1909) was a German-born, London-based sugar broker and investor.

Early life

Julius Caesar Czarnikow was born in 1838 in Sondershausen, in the German Confederation.[1][2] He was of Polish Jewish descent.[3] His father was Moritz Czarnikow and his mother, Johanne Bar.[2] He was baptized 1862 in Berlin, and married in 1863 at Holy Trinity, Clapham.

Czarnikow moved to England in 1854,[4] and he became a British subject in 1861.[5] He resided in Effingham Hill House and Eaton Square (1901 census), London. He married Louisa Ellen Ashlin (1840-1911), with whom he had 2 children : Horace (1864 -1933), and Louisa Ada (1867-1948).

Career

Czarnikow founded a sugar brokerage firm, Czarnikow & Co., in 1861, which now trades as Czarnikow Group Ltd.[5] Its first office was at 18 Philpot Lane, London,[6] and the company later had offices in Liverpool, Glasgow and New York City.[1] He partnered with Manuel Rionda of Cuba, who admitted to Czarnikow in 1909 that he struggled to find the right chemist for sugar manufacturing.[7]

Czarnikow was an investor in a sugar shipping company from the

London Produce Clearing House,[8] and he served as its deputy chairman.[5]

Death

Memorial Mosaic, St Lawrence's Church, Effingham

Czarnikow died on 17 April 1909 in London.[10] By the time of his death, "he was said to be the biggest sugar broker in the world",[10] with an estimated wealth of £1 million.[8]

At Probate in 1909 his executors included Julius Charles Ganzoni (born 1852 in Austria, died 1949 in Cambridgeshire); the 1911 census stated he was a partner in a firm of colonial brokers, and his son Francis J Childs Ganzoni (born 1882) was a barrister.

References

  1. ^
    JSTOR 41338589
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  2. ^ a b Orbell, John. "Czarnikow, (Julius) Caesar (1838–1909), sugar broker". Oxford Index. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. OCLC 43913171
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  4. OCLC 882574116
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  5. ^
    ISBN 9780470686324
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  6. ^ Janes, Hurford; Sayers, H.J (1963). The Story of Czarnikow. London: Harley Publishing Company Ltd. p. 19.
  7. OCLC 36485838
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  8. ^
    OCLC 23694086
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  9. JSTOR 27566023
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  10. ^
    Newspapers.com
    . 18 April 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 20 April 2016.


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