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Line 1: {{Short description\|British banker (1807–1877)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person \| name = David de Stern \| image = ~~\| image_size =~~ \| caption = \| 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 \| death_cause = \| resting_place = Balls Pond Cemetery<ref>''JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)''</ref> \| resting_place_coordinates = ~~\| residence =~~ \| nationality = \| other_names = Line 20: \| occupation = Banker \| title = ~~\| salary =~~ \| 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> \| term = \| predecessor = Line 27 ⟶ 25: \| party = \| boards = \| spouse = Sophia Goldsmid▼ ~~\| religion =~~ \| children = [[Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth]] <br /> [[Alice Theresa Lucas]]▼ ▲\| spouse = ▲\| children = [[Sydney Stern, 1st Baron Wandsworth]] \| parents = \| relatives = [[Hermann de Stern]] <small>(brother)</small><br/>[[Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham]] <small>(nephew)</small> }} '''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> ==~~Early~~Life ~~life~~and career== Stern was born in [[Frankfurt am Main]] to the prominent [[Stern family\|Stern banking ~~famil~~family]]y. HeIn 1833 he moved to [[London]] and in ~~1833 and~~1844 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. ~~Viscountess~~and dehis ~~Stern~~wife 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> ==References== {{~~reflist~~Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, David de}} [[Category:1807 births]] [[Category:1877 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century German Jews]] [[Category:English Jews]]▼ [[Category:Date of birth missing]] [[Category:Viscounts of Portugal]] [[Category:English bankers]] [[Category:German bankers]] [[Category:~~People~~Businesspeople from Frankfurt]] [[Category:~~German emigrants~~Immigrants to ~~England~~the United Kingdom]] [[Category:~~English~~Stern ~~people~~family ~~of German-Jewish descent~~(banking)]] ▲[[Category:19th-century English ~~Jews~~businesspeople]]