Baron Rodolphe Hottinguer

Baron Rodolphe Hottinguer was a banker that ran his family owned Swiss bank Hottinger & Cie taking over from his father Baron Jean–Henri Hottinguer in 1866. He passed on the bank to his son Baron Henri Hottinguer at the age of 83. He was born in Paris in 1835 and died there in 1920.

Baron Hottinguer

History
The balcony of the Cercle de la rue Royale in Paris by Tissot. Baron Rodolphe Hottinguer is in the picture, sitting on the sofa, without hat.

Like his father, Rodolphe at the age of 18 left Paris on a journey to England. He returned to Paris for a very short period before he took off on another voyage; the destination this time was America. When he returned, he achieved vast success in the financial world. His first stop was Constantinople, where he linked Hottinger & Cie with all the great banking families in Europe. During this time he founded the Ottoman Bank. For this he was personally thanked by the sultan and made grand vizier.[1]

Career

During his time, the Hottinger banking house played an important role in major development projects in France and elsewhere in Europe: creation of major manufacturing and services companies, the co-founding of banking and insurance companies and the first railways—Baron Rodolphe was Vice Chairman of Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, and his portrait, next to that of Sarah Bernhardt, still forms part of the fresco depicting numerous personalities of the time at the famous Train Bleu restaurant at the Gare de Lyon in Paris.[2]

The Work of Baron Rodolphe during this time was to safeguard the Hottinguer Bank during the agitated times of the war of 1870 and the Great War. When he reached the age of 83 he entrusted the Bank to his son Henri Hottinguer.

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See also
  • Hottinger chronology.
Baron Rodolphe Hottinguer in "Le Train Bleu" restaurant, (fresco by Albert Maignan)

References
  1. Capitals of Capital, A History of International Financial Centres, 1780–2005, ISBN 978-0-521-84535-9 / ISBN 0-521-84535-1
  2. "Hottinger House". www.hottinger.com.

Sources
  • Messieurs Hottinguer Banquiers à Paris, Max Gérard, 1968, Tome Premier.
  • Capitals of Capital, A History of International Financial Centres, 1780–2005, ISBN 978-0-521-84535-9 / ISBN 0-521-84535-1
  • Biodata, hottinger.com; accessed 18 February 2015.
  • Profile, lavf.com; accessed 18 February 2015.
Preceded by
Baron Jean-Henri Hottinguer		 Baron of Hottinguer
1866-1920		 Succeeded by
Baron Henri Hottinguer
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