Samuel Lambert (15 June 1806 – 9 April 1875) was a French-born Belgian banker of Alsatian Jewish descent. He was an agent of de Rothschild Frères in Belgium.
Samuel Lambert | |
|---|---|
| Born | Samuel Cahen 15 June 1806 |
| Died | 9 April 1875 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Years active | 1830–1875 |
In 1830, he joined his father-in-law Lazare Richtenberger, who had already served as the Rothschild's agent in Brussels.[1] He moved to Antwerp in 1850 to establish another branch of the Rothschild banking house, but returned to Brussels after Richtenberger's death in 1853, where he reorganized the Brussels and Antwerp branches under the name of Banque Lambert.[2]
Lambert had four children:
- Léonid Lambert (1835–1918), married to Mieczysław Epstein (1833–1914)
- Marie Lambert (1841–1935), married to Émile Vanderheym (1833–1889)
- Alice Lambert (1850–?), married to Raphaël de Bauer (1843–1916)
- Léon Lambert (1851–1919), married to Zoé Lucie Betty de Rothschild (1863–1916)
References
edit- ^ Cassis, Youssef; Cottrell, Philip L. (2015). Private Banking in Europe: Rise, Retreat, and Resurgence. Oxford University Press. p. 194. ISBN 9780198735755.
- ^ Cassis, Youssef; Collier, Jacqueline (2010). Capitals of Capital: The Rise and Fall of International Financial Centres 1780–2009. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780521144049.
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