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21 july 1943 castle piple , boissy-saint-léger 15 september 1868 baronhenrihottinguer4.jpg baron henri hottinguer
 baron henri hottinguer
baron henri hottinguer

baron henri hottinguer , was born at castle piple on 15 september 1868 , the first-born son of baron rodolphe hottinguer .
he had a long and prosperous life , and during his era the bank , hottinger & cie , accomplished many achievements .
he took control of hottinger and cie around the age of 52 , following the death of his father .
like his grandfather and his father , at the age of 20 he prepared for his first great voyage bound for england , where he would study finance at oxford university .
after completing his education , he went to the united states of america .
like all the barons in the family , hottinguer had to do this voyage .
during his time in america he was successful , he established many contacts that would help in the future .
also , like some of his predecessors , he would meet an american woman who would become his wife , marian hall munroe , daughter of banker john munroe .
his journeys did not stop there , he would go on a prolonged tour around europe , by traveling to lithuania and russia .
under his direction , hottinger & cie confounded the banque de l'union parisienne , which then merged with the crédit du nord .
he was one of the leading parties in the funding of the trans-siberian railway .
he died suddenly on 21 july 1943 .
he was succeeded by his oldest son baron rodolphe hottinguer -lrb- 1902-1985 -rrb- .
see also house of hottinguer and hottinger chronology .
