The Cazenove family dates to the 15th century in southern of France. Family members were Huguenots who sought refuge in Geneva, Switzerland, after the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre - 1572. Active in international commerce, branches of the family settled in England, Italy, Spain, and the United States
Anthony-Charles Cazenove, (1775-1852), merchant and banker, was the second son of Paul Cazenove and Jeanne Elizabeth Martin. He was born 1775 in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1790 he went to London to work for a time in the counting house of James Cazenove & Co. In 1794 he and his brother, John-Anthony emigrated to Philadelphia, to escape the French Revolution which had come to Geneva. He settled in Alexandria, Virginia. About 1795 he became a partner in the firm Albert Gallatin & Co. Gallatin, also from Geneva, was a prominent businessman, legislature, diplomat and US Secretary of the Treasury. In 1797, Anthony married Anne Hogan in Alexandria. They had nine children. Cazenove’s granddaughters married into other prominent families, particularly the Lee’s and du Pont’s.
Cazenove also served as consul for the Swiss Republic. In 1850 his son Louis-Anthony Cazenove (1807-1852) bought the Lee-Fendale House (built in 1785 and still existing) in Alexandria. Both Louis and Anthony died in 1852.
Related Collections
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M-023: Clay, Henry (includes an undated letter fragment from Henry Clay to Cazenove)
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M-025: Crittenden, John J. (includes letter from Senator John Crittenden to Cazenove, dated October 31, 1851)
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M-098: Webster, Daniel (includes a letter from Senator Daniel Webster to Cazenove dated February 4, 1845)
Bibliography
- John C. Calhoun - Wikipedia
- Autobiographical Sketch of Anthony-Charles Cazenove, Political Refugee. Merchant and Banker, 1775-1852, John Askling and Anthony-Charles Cazenove, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 78, No. 3 (Jul., 1970), pp. 295-307.
- Artisans and Merchants of Alexandria, Virginia, 1780-1820, Vol 1
- Anthony Charles Cazenove (1775 - 1852) - Find A Grave Memorial
- Lee-Fendall House - Wikipedia
- Albert Gallatin - Wikipedia
- Anthony Charles Cazenove of Alexandria, Virginia, (1775 - 1852), Dorothy Vandergrift Lee, 1969
- Albert Gallatin, Jeffersonian Financier & Diplomat, Raymond Walters Jr., Macmillan Company, 1957
