Johann Heinrich Gossler (28 March 1775 – 3 April 1842) was a

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banker and

grand burgher Grand Burgher

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or Grand Burgheress emale(from German: Großbürger

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, a member of the

Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler banking dynasty The Berenberg family (Dutch language, Dutch for "bear mountain") was a Flanders, Flemish-origined Hanseaten (class), Hanseatic family of merchants, bankers and senators in Hamburg, with branches in London, Livorno and other European cities. The ...

, a co-owner (from 1798) of the

Berenberg Bank Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, KG, commonly known as Berenberg Bank and also branded as simply Berenberg, is a Multinational corporation, multinational full-service private bank, private and merchant bank headquartered in H ...

and a

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of Hamburg from 1821. He was the son 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 ...

(1749–1822), and the brother in law of Ludwig Erdwin Seyler. He was the father of Hamburg First Mayor

Hermann Gossler Hermann Gossler (21 August 1802 in Hamburg, – 10 May 1877 in Hamburg) was a Hamburg lawyer, senator (1842–77) and First Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (i.e. the city republic's head of state and he ...

and the grandfather of Baron

Johann von Berenberg-Gossler Baron Johann von Berenberg-Gossler (born 13 February 1839 in Hamburg, died 8 December 1913 in Hamburg; né Johann Gossler), known as "John", was a German banker from the city-state of Hamburg and owner and head of Berenberg Bank from 1879 until his ...

(1839–1913).Johann Heinrich Goßler
II, ''

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'' He was also the great-grandfather of First Mayor Johann Heinrich Burchard.

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