Charles K. Prioleau

Charles K. Prioleau
Born1827 (1827)
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedAugust 3, 1887(1887-08-03) (aged 59–60)
London, England
OccupationsCotton merchant, Senior partner of Fraser, Trenholm & Company
Known forFinancier and supplier for the Confederacy during the American Civil War

Charles Kuhn Prioleau (1827 – August 3, 1887) was an American cotton merchant who became the senior partner of Fraser, Trenholm & Company in Liverpool, England, a firm that functioned as the European banker of the Confederacy and was its major supplier for arms and military ware during the American Civil War. As a firm that frequently acted as the European banker of the Confederacy it often extended it credit, and was sometimes referred to as "the Confederate Embassy in England".

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