Note 87 — Chapter IX
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Schimmelmann was a German-Jew by birth, and a type of the rogue now called a “financier”. After a career as a money-lender, during which he amassed a fortune, he arrived in Denmark. He possessed great financial ability, and made himself so useful to the Danish Government that he was given first the title of Baron, then the Order of the Elephant, and lastly appointed Grand Treasurer.