Swiss Diaspora - People of Swiss Descent, Swiss Emigrants, Swiss Expatriates, Jacques Necker, John Francis Charles, 7th Count de Salis-Soglio (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: People of Swiss descent, Swiss emigrants, Swiss expatriates, Jacques Necker, John Francis Charles, 7th Count de Salis-Soglio, William Andrew Salius Fane de Salis, Swiss American, Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio, The Swiss Family Robinson, Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis, Henry Bouquet, Henry Jerome de Salis, Peter, 3rd Count de Salis, Swiss emigration to Russia, Peter, 5th Count de Salis-Soglio, Swiss Chilean, Danijel Suboti, David Frankfurter, Karl Jager, John Francis William, 6th Count de Salis-Soglio, Gloor, Swiss Brazilian, Jacques Marcus Prevost, Pierre Schori, Gilbert Favre, Miroslav Slama, Sarah Meier, Joseph Moser, Swiss Australian. Excerpt: Jacques Necker (30 September 1732 - 9 April 1804) was a French statesman of Swiss birth and finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789. Necker was born on September 30, 1732 in Geneva, then an independent republic. His father was a native of Kustrin in Neumark (Prussia, now Kostrzyn nad Odr, Poland), and had, after the publication of some works on international law, been elected as professor of public law at Geneva, of which he became a citizen. Jacques Necker was sent to Paris in 1747 to become a clerk in the bank of Isaac Vernet, a friend of his father. By 1762 he was a partner and by 1765, through successful speculations, had become very wealthy. Soon, he co-founded, with another Genevese, the famous bank of Thellusson, Necker et Cie. Peter Thellusson (also known as Pierre Thellusson) superintended the bank in London (his son was made a peer as Baron Rendlesham), while Necker was managing partner in Paris. Both partners became very rich by loans to the treasury and speculations in grain. In 1763, Necker fell in love with Madame de Vermenou, the widow of a French officer. But while on a visit to Geneva, Madame de Vermen...