The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-14
The GREAT BAvKBRs OF EUROPE
samson Gideon ANA the GOldsmlds.I

The GREAT BANKERS OF EUROPE.
samson Gideon anu the GOIdsmids.I
Prom the RGii,rav Neps.
Considering that, as il is stated on high au-
fhorny. the English are a nation OF shOpke pors,
itseems very strange that in oue ofthe most Himpor-
tn, tre Dcbts of fshOpkeepipg-the irter la money
Our leading men have always oeeu foreign RS.
Fem the time that be fest Italians established
themselves in Lombard street, down ~ the aiyeut
OF Nathan, the con of Meyer Amschel foreigners
baV, dealt largely In money, Foreigners have oeen
the highest speculstOrs in cash and scrip, aud
foreiHDers have made the greatest fortunes in
this traffic. Forr RUers, in tnct, have been the
pillars OF The StO;k Exchange. With very w
exceptions, all thgse among us who have become
mllionAires by dealing in money we're either
al ems or OF for, ign extraction.
The In inRs came from Germany, the Thellus-
--SSr,- Il ON France. and the three most famous
4tl eTefs OF mil ions, RothSchId, GD,dSmid. aud
Sampson Gideon. were Jews. The history Of che
latt-I Amed gr at banker and stock broker forms
awry interesting episode in the history Of the
Stock Exchange. In one respect sampson
q deon was more successful tn Nathan ROtns-
eBild tor while the family of the latter did not
RE in social distinction higher than 10 u poor
AusfTi Fneherrship, that of the form r scaled
mp into the heaven Of British PeeraSe. Stnp-
con, the Crosus Of the Sock Elk :hange towards
the end uf the last century, aud an iOtm lte
friend of Mr.. Robrr' Walpole, educated AL bis
cbilGreD in the Christian faith, but Was unwilling
himself 10 char q, his religion. He pie Idtd that
he was tho stiH and old, observing wisely that
char ge OF religion Is n fOoli-h and unproductvc
affair al time when life is turning into the sere
aud yellow leaf.
But be was anxious, never heess, that his sons
should become good Christial 8 and, with this
view. he ussd To examine them himself In the
teuets of faith. AT these peTio ticIl eXaminI-
items. Sampson sometimes went out of his depth,
ard questions were put and answers given which
voulo hook the orthodoxy alike of Jew aud
Cbrni n. Through The influence Of Samp on
with Wapoe, one Of these Dung Christians was
ereaed a baroner at the age Of eleven, and sd-
vAuced 70 the dignity OF an Irish baron soon after
be had r. ached manhood. Old Sa np-on sired
his son shou bs ctlled Sir S,mps N Gideon
but the young nohleman did not rel sh his scrip
tuTsl name nd, nft his fathers DEATH changed
bis appellaton into Sir S. G Eardey, having
obtain, the latter name from lrriag5 wit n
the daugbtr OF ST John Eard ey WilmnE, Lord
Cbti Ju tire pf the Court of COmmon Pleas.
Old San pson died In 1852 having amss'ed a
f,rtuhe valHcd at Ab,ye million. "GideJu Is
d.so," tays one of the Wi ers of the day
"Worh more han the whole land of Canaan
He bas left tie reversion of all his mi k a1C
hrIey ait his son and daughter, and theu
cbi'dren, TO he Duke of Drvoushire, wtaou
insisting ON the Duke taking his name, or oetn'
eirtumcsed" The contrast of ihe great JeV
broker Of the last century with Nathan RothS
ch d is stTikiugly shown in the will OF ca
former, by which he left el000 10 the synasosu
OF bis cnHnuyuen, ElO00 To the London Hos
p'ial, $40. 0, besides ao "nnu Il donation, to t1
sons OF the clergy. Samp-ons son, the drs
Lord Eardley, very ecce tric man, sluauieri Z
aR I'D deal of the money gained py MS ire II
20 iiical and ele' tioneeling JOBS, aud 1Is ais
vhir enough TO spenO large sums in he attemp
to n AIRY Lis chiidr into Old lam ii s.
The g came nor much, after AL Ot his desire u
Rpin Aur, tTil boi or for he GideOns. A tn ~
little Sampson av the light OF the world iu l77J
Sno grew up into Lord Ehrdley; nut he va
des' nen TO De the last of his race. A branch q
the Esruleys indistnctly cOnnr ed with the grea
Hel rev nuus, ~, however, s'il tx anti it eau
MT be sad that IL still h1urishes Ou hs 2d q
Itsd I'M Ih fstly - N tf.n D
Jroclamatinns OF u'lawry was de ivered at th
She n, Court Red Lion SOU IRE, and amO X th
names in the lit hgnr ''Sr Eardies G'de d
CuilipP Erfdiry. BarOnet, at the SUIT uf II ,Del
NHri,." Tbi. j. tue last Z INNER tn world IA
o. tie descendants of Simp .Ol Gid ;un, The rlc
Hehtw banker.
The ro of wealthy Hebrew btnkcrs Is clm
plet, by the bro h,r. GUdsmid. AZ the begiu
mig uf the pre,eu century there was scir'ely
firm of higher landing VA "A Eng AMI Jhln thu
OF Abraham aud De jam Gold .uii 8 aud tn
two mothers were esteem a. much Ou ac ,Ouu
of their iBterrit', ulTIghtne>s, and pt'eu z ne
T kity. AZ hectu e Of thrir biuldlcss ~ cess q
rumulatiDg a VAST iOrt1ue. They started trIu
verl tmuli bRinn ng. Ia early LIE, A1rah tu
sDO Bei m GnlGsnid kept - bro ter'- ,hpp
q onmans Field which bus ne.a proving YER
lueatye, they veniur,d fur her, und m l102 =
up a. mo ty ender~ aud slOck-hTJkcrs ia CAPS
c nv, oppo'ite THE Bank.
HeIe the hiO hers male the 'Qu ain ance o
MT Abraham Nuwla d, chi ( et-nisr OF IN
nix Of En- Land, whose ualne, figuring ~ m
10 tom of the ndfiOnal paper currency - % ,r
THAI a half CENTURY, was Tor a tOI 5tims % nc
thing like a hnlSrhD q word n tne cluutry
AID through HIN rose 40 Onrn % the puAtl
Of stock hrOlif s ACTIVITY. D1TiHF me EnOi. %
Mr. NfWiHnc' earerr there a. luegsstnt 60,
ehmrDt iOans, brought on Dy the pressure
Wal; and Il was an esq ihllsbed IN t1ltd CaI
tam amount uf tbH oal was alw vs reserve
fnr tbe ca her Of the B0k OF Eng and
Parliamentary report names 10000 as u
aoti, on ore occasion; perhaps u wa m re o
Others; Z apy rate it wis always a gOud rOuu
sum, and what Was hetter, always mo
. OH az le investment T. as the i1au renertll
rsme ont Ht q premium. Abraham NsvIau.
IN, gIeaf man, took "a lktug 10 Iue nr0Eu-
Goldsmid, and ended by making them his inI'
cal agents.
Starting under such auspices, th the aid
fheh own superior intelligence, thr H. and fI1
sight, their success va, rap d. lu lsll they h
came, for the first lime, Contractors tor porto
of tne 1overnnent loan Of five millions, whi
specllhton proved lucrative fhaf nc The ne,
linn thel were enah.ad DO rrehls rheir prevO
SUD cripifn n. In uts way q the eud OF five
tlA years me hrothers am lssed an imu nse 10
to- O. yaIlnusly esnmaed az from cGmOg0
600 coo. lmhued Oh innate 1--we ~ sto,, u,
fot dDsrs Tor society, the Go asmid, sne,t the
wealth as freely a. they had wnn 4, .r,.v s,,t
scrlbod thousands 10 philanthfopie ami cbs "a
bic updert kings hey built tnemselves a., /,
eiuus vieing ia splendOr with rOyA palares, ~,
ed the aristncraly Of hiiih. riuk, en-
talent. at gorgeous banquers, and they altol lrth
iiveu Ia stvle OF mnguih ence scar iely ecu al,
10 fhe most disiinRu shed pefsonages Ia d
kuPdOm This career Vt luxury, if nor of Osie
tation, was suddenly cut short IA the most tras
On the nth Of April 1908. Mr. Beujamin Ca
gmid. Inc younger Of he two brothers, vent
hfd N urual he hh and spirits az his splen 4
ooanuy-seat 81 Northampton. The possess)r