Francis Henry Goldsmid

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Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid
Caricature by Francis Goldsmid in Vanity Fair , December 7, 1872

Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet (born May 1, 1808 in London , † May 2, 1878 ibid) was an English politician.

Life

Born in 1808 to a prominent English - Jewish family in the London borough of Spitalfields , Francis Henry Goldsmid received training from private tutors in his parents' home. In 1833 he became the first Jew as a barrister admitted. In 1859 he inherited the paternal title of baronet and in 1860 was a member of the British Parliament for the constituency of Reading in a by-election . Goldsmid established the Jews Free School in London.

Goldsmid died on May 2, 1878 as a result of an accident. At Waterloo Station , he got off the slowly moving train between the platform and the car and suffered serious injuries from which he died shortly after his admission to St. Thomas' Hospital.

family

Francis Henry Goldsmid was the eldest son of Isaac Lyon Goldsmid , the senior partner of the London precious metals broker " Mocatta & Goldsmid ", and his cousin Isabel Goldsmid (1788-1860).

His younger brother was the English politician Frederick David Goldsmid (1812–1866). He was a Liberal MP for the Honiton constituency and heir to his father's estate at Somerhill House . His daughter Mary Ada Goldsmid (1836-1905) married in 1856 the co-owner of "Mocatta & Goldsmid" Frederick David Mocatta (1828-1905).

Francis Henry Goldsmid married his cousin Louisa Sophia Goldsmid (1819–1908) in 1839 . Since the marriage remained childless, the baronet title passed to his nephew Julian Goldsmid after his death .

Fonts

  • Remarks on the civil disabilities of British Jews . Colburn and Bentley, 1830
  • The arguments advanced against the enfranchisement of the Jews, considered in a series of letters . 1831
  • A scheme of peerage reform, with reasons for the scheme . Relfe and Fletcher, 1835
  • Reply to the arguments advanced against the removal of the remaining disabilities of the Jews . J. Murray, 1848

literature

  • David Woolf Marks, Albert Löwy: Memoir of Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, beard . Paul, Trench, 1882

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joan Comay, Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok: Who's who in Jewish history: after the period of the Old Testament . Routledge, 1995, p. 145
predecessor Office successor
Isaac Goldsmid Baronet, of St Johns Lodge
1859-1878 		Julian Goldsmid
personal data
SURNAME Goldsmid, Francis Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldsmid, Sir Francis Henry, 2nd Baronet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1878
Place of death London