Gerhard Carsten Jakob von Hosstrup (or Hoßtrup) (born 23 April 1771 in

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, died 7 September 1851) was a Hamburg businessman and the founder of the

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building (Hamburger Börsenhalle). He became ''Oberalter'' in 1843. He was married to Sophie Henriette Elisabeth (Betty) Seyler (1789–1837), and after her death in 1837 to her sister Louise Auguste Seyler. They were members of the

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, being the daughters of

Ludwig Erdwin Seyler Ludwig Erdwin Seyler (15 May 1758 – 26 October 1836; often known as ''L.E. Seyler'') was a Hamburg merchant, merchant banker and politician. He was by marriage a member of the Hanseaten (class), Hanseatic Berenberg family, Berenberg dynasty, and ...

and granddaughters of

Johann Hinrich Gossler Johann Hinrich Gossler (18 August 1738 – 31 August 1790) was a German merchant and banker. He was married to Elisabeth Berenberg (1749–1822) and succeeded his father-in-law Johann Berenberg as head of the Berenberg & Gossler company, that ...

and

Elisabeth Berenberg Elisabeth Berenberg (2 December 1749 – 16 January 1822) was a Hamburg heiress, merchant banker and a member of the Berenberg family. She was the last male line member of the Flemish-origined Hanseatic Berenberg banking family in Hamburg, and a ...

. They were also granddaughters of theatre director

Abel Seyler Abel Seyler (23 August 1730, Liestal – 25 April 1800, Rellingen) was a Swiss-born theatre director and former merchant banker, who was regarded as one of the great theatre principals of 18th century Europe. He played a pivotal role in the dev ...

. Gerhard von Hosstrup was the father of Egmont von Hosstrup and Gerhard Ludwig von Hosstrup, and of Bertha von Hosstrup, married to

Albert Hänel Albert Hänel (10 June 1833, in Leipzig – 12 May 1918, in Kiel) was a German jurist, legal historian and liberal politician. He was one of the leaders of the German Progress Party, and served as Rector of the University of Kiel. He served as a ...

. He was the brother-in-law of Hamburg ship broker Ernst Friedrich Pinckernelle and Norwegian industrialist Jacob Benjamin Wegner.

Literature

*Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4. Auflage von 1888–1890 *Die Hamburger Börsen-Halle des Gerhard Carsten Jacob von Hoßtrup, Hamburg, chauenburger Str. 55: C. E. Leverkus, 2002 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hosstrup, Gerhard Von German investors 1771 births 1851 deaths German bankers 18th-century businesspeople from the Holy Roman Empire