Gerhard von Hosstrup
Businessperson, Deceased Person
1771 –
Who is Gerhard von Hosstrup?
Gerhard Carsten Jakob von Hosstrup was a Hamburg businessman and the founder of the Hamburg Stock Exchange building. He became Oberalter in 1843.
He was married to Sophie Henriette Elisabeth Seyler, and after her death in 1837 to her sister Louise Auguste Seyler. They were members of the Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler banking dynasty, being the daughters of Ludwig Erdwin Seyler and granddaughters of Johann Hinrich Gossler and Elisabeth Berenberg. They were also granddaughters of theatre director Abel Seyler. Gerhard von Hosstrup was the father of Egmont von Hosstrup and Gerhard Ludwig von Hosstrup, and of Bertha von Hosstrup, married to Albert Hänel.
He was the brother-in-law of Hamburg ship broker Ernst Friedrich Pinckernelle and Norwegian industrialist Jacob Benjamin Wegner.
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- Born
- Apr 23, 1771
Hamburg - Also known as
- Gerhard Carsten Jakob von Hosstrup
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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