Henry Casimir de Rham
Henry Casimir de Rham was a Swiss–American merchant and diplomat.Biography
Henry Casimir de Rham was born on 15 July 1785 in Giez, Switzerland to a German father and Scottish mother.
In July 1822 de Rham was appointed to be one of the first two Swiss consuls to the United States by the Federal Diet of Switzerland. He assumed responsibility for a district encompassing the New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the states north of the Ohio River.
de Rham died in October 1873 in New York City. He was interred alongside his wife at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.Citations
