Maurice Ruffer

Maurice Pierre Ruffer (1857-1935) was a French-born British banker.

Maurice Ruffer
Born1 May 1857
Lyons, France
Died20 February 1935
NationalityBritish
OccupationBanker
Known forA Ruffer & Sons
RelativesSir Marc Armand Ruffer (brother)

Early life

Maurice Pierre Ruffer was the son of Baron Alphonse Charles Jacques Alexandre Ruffer (1819-1896), who founded the bank A Ruffer & Sons in 1872, the family having been silk merchants in Leipzig and Lyons.[1][2] His mother was German.[1] His younger brother Sir Marc Armand Ruffer was an experimental pathologist and bacteriologist.

Personal life

In 1883, he married Coraly Sophie Henriette Straehelin (died 13 Nov 1925).[3]

In 1897, he acquired the lease on Lyncombe, 1 Crescent Wood Road, Sydenham Hill, London, a banker, of 39 Lombard Street, after the previous owner Henry Gover (c. 1835–1895), a solicitor and educationist had died there in 1895.[4] In 1923, the lease passed to Francis Ellis, a merchant of 26 & 27 Farringdon Street.[4]

From 1911 to 1922 (at least), he was living at 33 Belgrave Square, where in 1911, he had ten servants.[5][6] In 1955, the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain purchased the lease of the house as their headquarters.[7]

Death

Ruffer died on 20 February 1935.[4]

References
  1. Jane E. Buikstra; Charlotte Roberts (7 June 2012). The Global History of Paleopathology: Pioneers and Prospects. OUP USA. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-19-538980-7. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. "Ruffer, A, & Sons Ltd - RBS Heritage Hub". www.rbs.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. "Coraly Ruffer (-1925) Grave Site - BillionGraves". BillionGraves. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. "Lyncombe". Lyncombe. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. "Register of Electors 1911". familysearch. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. "The London Gazette". Tho. Newcomb over against Baynards Castle in Thamse-street. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. Leigh, David (25 January 2013). "The spiritualists, the offshore company and the case of the extra millions". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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