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J.N. Adelrich Benziger
Swiss businessman, publisher and diplomat
Joseph Nicholas Adelrich Benziger abbreviated as J.N. Adelrich Benziger (September 14, 1837 – February 17, 1878) was a Swiss businessman, publisher and diplomat who served as Consul General of Switzerland to Cincinnati, Ohio from 1864 to 1866. Benziger led the U.S. subsidiaries of RCL Benziger since 1857.[1][2]
His son George Benziger would ultimately marry Helen Brown, who was a daughter of Molly Brown.[3] Benziger permanently moved to Staten Island, New York in 1873, where he suddenly died in 1878 aged only 40.