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Herman Hoskier

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Herman Hoskier (1832–1904), British banker, lived at Hayes, Kent, England. He was a director of the Union Bank of London and of Brown, Shipley & Co. He had a daughter Coralie Mary Hoskier and son Herman Charles Hoskier.

During the American Civil War he was the agent for Brown Bros. & Co. in New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, and subsequently he became partner of Brown, Shipley & Co., founding its London house when its Liverpool branch closed. He retired from the firm in 1881, and became a director of the Guinness Brewery.[1]

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  1. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 426
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