Ernest Cassel painted by Anders Zorn, 1886

Sir Ernest Cassel (1852-1921) was a British merchant banker and capitalist. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 560 pixel Image in higher resolution (1058 × 740 pixel, file size: 138 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) العربية | Česky | Deutsch | English | Ελληνικά | Español | فارسی | Français | עברית | Indonesian | Italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | Magyar | Nederlands | Polski | Português | Românǎ | Русский | Slovenščina | Српски | Sunda | 简体中文 | 正體中文 | Türkçe | Русский | Українська +/- File... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 560 pixel Image in higher resolution (1058 × 740 pixel, file size: 138 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) العربية | Česky | Deutsch | English | Ελληνικά | Español | فارسی | Français | עברית | Indonesian | Italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | Magyar | Nederlands | Polski | Português | Românǎ | Русский | Slovenščina | Српски | Sunda | 简体中文 | 正體中文 | Türkçe | Русский | Українська +/- File... Anders Zorn: Self-portrait in red 1915 Anders Zorn (February 18, 1860 – August 22, 1920) was a Swedish painter who painted a portrait of, among others, the former American President Grover Cleveland in 1899. ... In banking, a merchant bank is a traditional term for an Investment Bank. ...

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. For other uses, see Cologne (disambiguation). ... Liverpool skyline. ... Combatants Second French Empire North German Confederation allied with south German states (later German Empire) Commanders Napoleon III # Otto Von Bismarck Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Strength 400,000[] 1,200,000[] Casualties 150,000 dead or wounded 284,000 captured 350,000 civilian [] 70,000 dead or wounded 200... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Livonian Order joined the Teutonic Order in 1237; the Monastic State of the Teutonic Order around 1455 After the partition of the 2nd Peace of Thorn in 1466 The Prussian Homage, Jan Matejko. ...

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. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

One of the wealthiest men of his day, Cassel was a good friend of King Edward VII as well as of prime minister Herbert Asquith and the young Winston Churchill. He became a Roman Catholic at the behest of his wife, Annette, but always thought of himself as a Jew. Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... The name Herbert Asquith normally refers to: Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908–1916), but may also refer to his son: Herbert Asquith, a poet. ... Churchill redirects here. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

Cassel had a famous art collection and many beautiful houses. He bred racehorses and owned Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket. He had only one daughter, Maude Cassel (1879–1911), who died young, but he doted on his two granddaughters, especially the eldest, Edwina who looked after him in his old age. She later married Lord Louis Mountbatten. Statistics Population: 14,995 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TL645636 Administration District: Forest Heath Shire county: Suffolk Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Suffolk Historic county: Suffolk Services Police force: Suffolk Constabulary Ambulance service: East of England Post office and... The Honourable Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, CI, GBE, DCVO (28 November 1901 – 21 February 1960) was an English heiress, socialite, relief-worker and the wife of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. ... Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (June 25, 1900 – August 27, 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...

In 1919 Cassel founded the Cassel Hospital at No. 1 Ham Common, Richmond, which was at the time a rural division of South-West London, England. The hospital is a community for mental patients which provides care for 15 visitors at any one time. It is run by the NHS and housed in its original Victorian building by a staff of over a 100 specialists, it deals with all mental health issues from depression to personality disorders. Richmond refers to various place names, schools and universities, people, and other uses around the world. ... The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly-funded healthcare system of the United Kingdom. ...

A few months after his death, Cassel's estate was probated at £6,000,000. GBP may be: short for Game Boy Player the ISO currency code for the British Pound Sterling. ...