The Stern family is a
Jewish French
banking family originally from
Frankfurt. It traces back to Samuel Hayum Stern (1760–1819), who in the 1780s became a
wine merchant in Frankfurt.
His son, Jacob Samuel Heyum Stern, started a banking business, named
Jacob S.H. Stern [
de], in 1805 in Frankfurt. His sons expanded the family venture to
Berlin,
London, and
Paris, of which the latter became most prominent as
Bank Stern[1] and later as J. Stern & Co.
Helen Stern (1847–1933), married to
Charles Warde (1845–1937)
Edward Stern (1854–1933), London banker and philanthropist, married to: 1. Constance Jessel (1858–1918), daughter of
George Jessel; 2. Sybil Grace (1887–1979), daughter of
Sir Adolf Tuck