Hans Henry Konig
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Hans Henry Konig (1870 – 19 October, 1949) was an American banker of German ancestry, who became a naturalised British citizen and was a partner in two British banks in the early twentieth century.
Hans Konig was born in 1870,[1] the third of three sons of Friedrick Konig (1826-1905) and Alette, daughter of Johannes Houtuyn Cramer.[1] His father had made a fortune from patenting a process for the hardening of rubber. Konig's brother, Frederick, moved to Britain in around 1890 and Hans may have arrived in Britain at the same time.[2] In 1902, Konig became a naturalised British citizen at which time he was resident at 51 South Street, Park Lane, London.[3]
Career
Konig was a partner with his brother Frederick in the banking firm of Konig Brothers in London.[4] In 1923, at the behest of the governor of the Bank of England, the firm merged with Frederick Huth & Company which had been in an increasingly parlous state since the death of Frederick Huth Jackson in 1921.[5] Hans Konig became a partner in the merged firm.[6] According to The London Gazette, Konig spent much of his career resident in France. In 1936, Frederick Huth & Company was transferred to the British Overseas Bank.[7] and it is likely that Hans Konig retired at that time.
Personal life
As far as is known, Konig never married and left no descendants. He was a member of the Carlton Club and the Wellington Club.[1] In 1913 he was resident at Ardenrun, Blindley Heath, Surrey.