Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a British merchant banker and capitalist. Born in Cologne, Germany, the son of Jacob Cassel, who owned a small bank, Cassel arrived penniless in Liverpool, England in 1869 and found employment with a firm of grain merchants. With an enormous capacity for hard work and a natural business sense, Cassel was soon in Paris working for a bank. The Franco-Prussian War forced him to move to a position in a London bank, as he was born in Prussia.

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  • Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a British merchant banker and capitalist. Born in Cologne, Germany, the son of Jacob Cassel, who owned a small bank, Cassel arrived penniless in Liverpool, England in 1869 and found employment with a firm of grain merchants. With an enormous capacity for hard work and a natural business sense, Cassel was soon in Paris working for a bank. The Franco-Prussian War forced him to move to a position in a London bank, as he was born in Prussia. He prospered and was soon putting together his own financial deals. His areas of interest were in mining, infrastructure and heavy industry. Turkey was an early area of business ventures, but he soon had large interests in Sweden, the United States, South America, South Africa, and Egypt. One of the wealthiest men of his day, Cassel was a good friend of King Edward VII, prime minister Herbert Asquith and Winston Churchill. In 1878, he married Annette Mary M. Maxwell at Westminster . He became a Roman Catholic at the behest of his wife, Annette, but was always thought of as a Jew. The establishment was shocked to find out that he had converted when he chose to be sworn in to the Privy Council with the Catholic Bible. Cassel had a famous art collection and many beautiful houses. He bred racehorses and owned Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket. His wife Annette died young and with the help of his widowed sister Wilhemina (known as Bobbie) they brought up his daughter and her son and daughter. His only child, Maude Cassel (1879–1911), also died young. He doted on the two granddaughters she left him, especially the eldest, Edwina, who looked after him in his old age. She later married Lord Louis Mountbatten.
  • Sir Ernest Cassel, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC, aufgrund seines „schlossherrenhaften“ Reichtums und seiner guten Beziehungen zur königlichen Familie auch „Windsor-Cassel“ genannt, war ein britischer Bankier deutscher Abstammung.
  • Sir Ernest Cassel foi um banqueiro, comerciante e capitalista britânico.
  • Ernest Cassel, född 1852 i Tyskland, död 1921, och bodde från 18 års ålder i London där han var verksam som bankman och där han även dubbades. Han var även mycket verksam som affärsman i stora delar av världen. I Sverige tog han initiativ till vad som skulle bli Grängesbergs Grufvaktiebolag. Han köpte in sig i flera mindre järnvägsbolag och lade på så sätt grunden till vad som skulle bli Trafikaktiebolaget Grängesberg Oxelösunds Järnvägar - TGOJ. Sir Ernest Cassel donerade även pengar till en fond som bland annat skulle uppmuntra Grängesbergs gruvarbetare att läsa, gå på konserter och på annat sätt bidra till bildning. Delar av dessa pengar användes till att bygga Cassels donation. Sir Ernest Cassel avled 1921 som en mycket förmögen man.
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  • Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a British merchant banker and capitalist. Born in Cologne, Germany, the son of Jacob Cassel, who owned a small bank, Cassel arrived penniless in Liverpool, England in 1869 and found employment with a firm of grain merchants. With an enormous capacity for hard work and a natural business sense, Cassel was soon in Paris working for a bank. The Franco-Prussian War forced him to move to a position in a London bank, as he was born in Prussia.
  • Sir Ernest Cassel, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC, aufgrund seines „schlossherrenhaften“ Reichtums und seiner guten Beziehungen zur königlichen Familie auch „Windsor-Cassel“ genannt, war ein britischer Bankier deutscher Abstammung.
  • Sir Ernest Cassel foi um banqueiro, comerciante e capitalista britânico.
  • Ernest Cassel, född 1852 i Tyskland, död 1921, och bodde från 18 års ålder i London där han var verksam som bankman och där han även dubbades. Han var även mycket verksam som affärsman i stora delar av världen. I Sverige tog han initiativ till vad som skulle bli Grängesbergs Grufvaktiebolag. Han köpte in sig i flera mindre järnvägsbolag och lade på så sätt grunden till vad som skulle bli Trafikaktiebolaget Grängesberg Oxelösunds Järnvägar - TGOJ.
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