Henry Casimir de Rham
Henry Casimir de Rham (15 July 1785 – October 1873) was a Swiss–American merchant and diplomat.
Biography
Henry Casimir de Rham was born on 15 July 1785 in Giez, Switzerland[1] His father was Johann Christoph Wilhelm de Rham of Braunschweig, Saxony, Germany and his mother was Anne of Scottish origin.[2] Of a robust physical appearance he attended the Military school in Munich, Bavaria.[2] In 1803 he had opened a business in New York.[3] After the War of 1812 he entered business reletionship with Isaac Iselin Roulet.[3] In 1815, de Rham married Maria Theresa Moore and two of her brothers became partners in the business.[4] He and his wife had four children.[4]
In July 1822 de Rham was appointed to be one of the first two Swiss consuls to the United States[2] by the Federal Diet of Switzerland. He assumed responsibility for a district encompassing the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the states north of the Ohio River.[5] In 1842, de Rham retired from his office as the Swiss consul.[4] In his later life he was an avid Whist player and joined a Whist club.[4]
He died in October 1873 in New York City. He was interred alongside his wife at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.[1]
Citations
- Bergen 1915, p. 770.
- Junold, Louis J. (1926). "History of the Swiss Consulate of New York". Swiss American Historical Society Review. p. 3.
- Junold, Louis J. (1926),p.4
- Junold, Louis J. (1926),p.5
- Meier 1963, p. 16.
References
- Bergen, Tunis Garret (1915). Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Vol. 2. Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
- Meier, Heinz K. (1963). The United States and Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century. Studies in American History. Vol. I. The Hague: Mouton & Co. OCLC 714968765.