Schröder family

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Coat of arms of the Schröder family
Christian Matthias Schröder (1742–1821)

The Schröder family is a

Lutheran.[1][2]

Notable members

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, who settled in London and founded the investment bank Schroders. In 1868, Johann Heinrich Schröder was ennobled by Prussia and received the title of Freiherr (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

Further reading

  • Roberts, Richard (1992). Schroders: Merchants & Bankers. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. .

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