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23 ore fa · Edward's finances had been ably managed by Sir Dighton Probyn, Comptroller of the Household, and had benefited from advice from Edward's financier friends, some of whom were Jewish, such as Ernest Cassel, Maurice de Hirsch and the Rothschild family. At a time of widespread antisemitism, Edward attracted criticism for openly socialising with Jews.
4 giorni fa · One was soon found in Sir Ernest Cassel, then at the height of his repute as one of the great financiers of the day and the closest confidant of Edward VII. Cassel, who also bought Tweedmouth's country estate at Guisachan, purchased Brook House only on the understanding that he could throw the small No. 27 into it.
4 giorni fa · Following his death in 1915 that estate was bought c. 1917 by the financier Sir Ernest Cassel (d. 1921). In the 1930s it was possessed by Capt. A. S. Cunningham-Reid, then husband of Cassel's younger granddaughter Ruth Mary (Ashley), later Lady Delemere (d. 1986).
3 giorni fa · 1903: It was announced today that, “in view of the strain of the approaching coronation, King Edward” whose numerous Jewish friends included the Sassoon gamily and Sir Ernest Cassel, had been advised by his physicians to “forgo all public engagements for the next few days. (For more see Edward VII and his Jewish Court
5 giorni fa · Das Pro Natura Zentrum Aletsch befindet sich in der Villa Cassel auf der Riederfurka. Das Gebäude ist eine Fachwerkvilla, die von Sir Ernest Cassel zur Jahrhundertwende errichten ließ. Cassel war Bankier und Finanzberater des englischen Königs Edward VII. und kam in die Region, da im Bergluft von seinem Arzt verschrieben wurde.
3 giorni fa · Anders Zorn wurde 1860 als Anders Leonardsson in Yvraden bei Mora geboren. Sein Vater, Johann Leonhard Zorn, war ein deutschstämmiger Brauer aus Reichenberg, seine Mutter, Grudd Anna Andersdotter, arbeitete als Saisonkraft in Uppsala. Zorns Eltern hatten sich in einer Brauerei in Uppsala, in der beide zu dieser Zeit arbeiteten, kennengelernt.
5 giorni fa · The committee drew up a constitution for the Society and secured a small contribution from the funds of the Delegacy towards a salary for the Principal. It also obtained from the Cassel Educational Trust a grant of £500 a year, and from the Gilchrist Trustees a small scholarship. These were notable financial developments.
