Background
Mevissen was born in Dülken, Rhine Province.
Mevissen was born in Dülken, Rhine Province.
He started by investing in textile industry and later in railway construction and heavy industry. He founded numerous banks, including the Darmstädter Bank, and insurance companies. He is considered a pioneer of the German cr and insurance industry.
He died in Bad Godesberg.
As a politician he was a leading representative of Rhineland liberalism and he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Rhine Province, the Vereinigter Landtag, the Frankfurt Parliament.
From 1866 he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords.