John Henry Powell Schneider

John Henry Powell Schneider (c. 1768 – 1861) was a merchant in London of Swiss origins.

John Schneider was born around 1768, into a family that had moved to England from Switzerland earlier in the century.

He became head of John Schneider & Co., London merchants.

He resided at Beaver Hall, near Southgate, London.

His son Henry Schneider, industrialist and politician, was born there in 1817 to him and his second wife, Elizabeth Moul.