Sigismund Stern

Sigismund James Stern (5 December 1807 – 15 May 1885) was a German-born merchant in the Manchester cotton trade.

He was later active in banking in London and owned the Little Grove house and estate in East Barnet to the north of the city.

[1] Not long after his arrival in the city, Stern became a partner in the cotton trading firm of Leo Schuster Brothers & Company, a position he held for nearly 50 years.

[2] Stern was also a justice of the peace for Lancashire,[1] one of the first members of the Council of the Cotton Relief Fund, and one of the promoters of the Art Treasures Exhibition at Old Trafford in 1857.

Frederick Cass described him as a "merchant and banker of London" and in December 1871, Stern bought Little Grove house and estate in East Barnet, to the north of the City, from the Conservative party politician Alexander Henry Campbell.

Little Grove, South Front , not long before Stern bought the house. Published by Kell Brothers of Holborn, c. 1860s.
Plaque to the memory of Sigismund and Margaret Stern at St Mary the Virgin church, East Barnet.
Sigismund Stern's grave at St Mary the Virgin.