John Henry Powell Schneider

John Schneider was born around 1768, into a family that had moved to England from Switzerland earlier in the century. He became head of John Schneider & Co., London merchants. He resided at Beaver Hall, near Southgate, London. His son Henry Schneider, industrialist and politician, was born there in 1817 to him and his second wife, Elizabeth Moul.^[2]

The firm of John Schneider & Co. imported goods from the Russian Empire, and Schneider was a furrier.^[3] He was also involved with the scandal over Mexican debt.^[4]

Schneider died at Brighton in 1851, at age 83.^[5][6] His will is held by the British National Archives.^[7]