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{{Short description|British banker (1807–1877)}}
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| birth_name = David Jacob de Stern
| birth_date = 1807
| birth_place = [[Frankfurt am Main]], [[Germany]]
| death_date = 19 January 1877 (aged 69)
| death_place = [[Kensington]], [[London]], UK
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| resting_place = Balls Pond Cemetery<ref>''JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)''</ref>
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| occupation = Banker
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| networth = £1 million<ref name="jewishtopwealth">{{cite journal|last1=Rubinstein|first1=William|title=Jewish top wealth—holders in Britain, 1809—1909|journal=Jewish Historical Studies|date=2001|volume=37|page=144|jstor=29780032}}</ref>
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| spouse = Sophia Goldsmid
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| children = [[Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth]] <br /> [[Alice Theresa Lucas]]
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| children = [[Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth]]
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| relatives = [[Hermann de Stern]] <small>(brother)</small><br/>[[Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham]] <small>(nephew)</small>
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'''David Jacob de Stern, Viscount de Stern''' (1807 – 19 January 1877 in [[London]]) was a German-born British banker and senior partner of the firm of Stern Brothers.<ref name="lipkind">{{Jewish Encyclopedia |no-prescript=1 |last=Goodman Lipkind |first=Joseph Jacobs |title=Stern, David, Viscount de |url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14028-stern-david-viscount-de }}</ref>
 
==EarlyLife lifeand career==
Stern was born in [[Frankfurt am Main]] to the prominent [[Stern family|Stern banking familfamily]]y. HeIn 1833 he moved to [[London]] and in 1833 and1844 was joined by his brother, [[Hermann de Stern|Hermann]], in 1844.
 
Together, they co-founded Stern Brothers, a financial institution based in London.<ref name="lipkind"/> Stern was a member of the Commission of Lieutenancy of the [[City of London]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 24163 |date=18 December 1874 |pages=6275–6277 |city=London}}</ref> and he was a director of the Imperial Bank.
==Career==
With his brother Hermann, David de Stern co-founded Stern Brothers, a financial institution based in London.<ref name="jewishencyclopediagoodmanlipkind">{{Jewish Encyclopedia |no-prescript=1 |last=Goodman Lipkind |first=Joseph Jacobs |title=Stern, David, Baron de |url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14030-stern-hermann-baron-de }}</ref> In 1869, King [[Ferdinand II of Portugal]] conferred the title of viscount in recognition of the work of Stern's bank in floating Portuguese loans. Stern was a member of the Commission of Lieutenancy of the [[City of London]].<ref>{{London Gazette
|issue= 24163
|date=18 December 1874
|pages=6275–6277
|city=London
}}</ref> He was a director of the Imperial Bank.
 
In 1869, King [[Luís I of Portugal]] conferred the noble title of ''visconde'' ([[viscount]]) on him in recognition of the work of Stern's bank in floating Portuguese loans.<ref name="lipkind"/><ref>[https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-59431 Stern, David, Viscount de Stern in the Portuguese nobility]</ref>
==Personal life==
Stern married Sophia, daughter of Aaron Asher Goldsmid, brother of Sir [[Isaac Lyon Goldsmid]]. Their son was [[Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth]],<ref>''Jewish Chronicle'' Jan. 26, 1877</ref> and their daughter [[Alice Theresa Lucas]] was a prospective [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate who was nearly their first woman MP..<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-112246|title=Lucas [née Stern], Alice Theresa (1853–1924), parliamentary candidate {{!}} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|website=www.oxforddnb.com|language=en|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.112246|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref>
 
==Marriage and children==
==Death==
Stern married Sophia Goldsmid, daughter of Aaron Asher Goldsmid, brother of Sir [[Isaac Lyon Goldsmid]]. Their son was [[Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth]],<ref>''Jewish Chronicle'' Jan. 26, 1877</ref> and their daughter [[Alice Theresa Lucas]] was a prospective [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate who was nearly their first woman MP..<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-112246|title=Lucas [née Stern], Alice Theresa (1853–1924), parliamentary candidate {{!}} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|website=www.oxforddnb.com|year=2018|language=en|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.112246|access-date=2019-04-01|last1=Takayanagi|first1=Mari|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}</ref>
De Stern died in 1877. Viscountess de Stern died in 1900.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Viscountess de Stern |work=[[The Times]] |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |page=10 |date=11 December 1900 }}</ref>
 
De Stern died in 1877. Viscountessand dehis Sternwife died in 1900.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Viscountess de Stern |work=[[The Times]] |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |page=10 |date=11 December 1900 }}</ref>
 
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