Ferdinand Carl, Freiherr von Stumm (28 June 1880 – 24 March 1954) was a German diplomat and industrialist.
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Early life
Stumm was born on 28 June 1880 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where his father was secretary of the German legation. He was the eldest son of the diplomat and industrialist Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm (1843–1925) and the American heiress, Pauline von Hoffmann (1858–1950). His younger sister, Baroness Maria von Stumm, married Prince Paul Hermann Karl Hubert von Hatzfeldt (son of the Ambassador to England Paul von Hatzfeldt). His younger brothers were Baron Herbert Wilhelm von Stumm (who married Alice Schuchard), and Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Stumm (who married Laurette Luise von Stülpnagel).
His maternal grandparents were Athenais (née Grymes) von Hoffmann and Louis von Hoffmann, a wealthy New York banker who was one of the founders of the Knickerbocker Club. His maternal aunt, Medora von Hoffmann married the Marquis de Mores. His paternal grandfather was Carl Friedrich Stumm and his uncle was Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg.
After graduating from high school in Kassel, he studied law and political science at the Universities of Oxford, Geneva, Strasbourg and Bonn as well as the Cologne Business School.