John Henry Powell Schneider
John Henry Powell Schneider was a merchant in London of Swiss origins.Early life and family
John Schneider was born around 1768. His family moved to England from Switzerland in the eighteenth century. He was resident at Beaver Hall, near Southgate, London, where his son Henry Schneider, industrialist and politician, was born in 1817 to him and his second wife, Elizabeth Moule.Career
His firm of John Scheider & Co. was involved with the scandal over Mexican debt.Death
He died at Brighton in 1861. His will is held by the British National Archives.
