Henry Isaacs

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Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs (born August 15, 1830 in London ; † August 2, 1909 ibid) was an English businessman and politician, in 1889 he was Lord Mayor of London .

Isaacs was born in the City of London . He was the eldest son of the fruit merchant Michael Isaacs (1802–59). His mother, née Sara de Mendoza (1793-1859), was a niece of the famous boxer Daniel Mendoza . Rufus Isaacs , a famous lawyer and member of the House of Commons for the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1913 , was the son of Henry Isaac's younger brother Joseph.

In 1862 Isaacs, who was also a member of the Liberal Party, was elected Common Councilor (councilor) of the borough of Aldgate, in 1883 he became Alderman in the borough of Portsoken. In 1889 he was sheriff, in 1887 he was knighted bachelor . In 1889 he was elected Lord Mayor of London .

Isaacs was the overseer of the Hambro Synagogue , the second oldest synagogue in London founded in 1707 , was active as a Freemason and played a key role in the planning of Tower Bridge .

In 1848 Isaacs married Eleanor Rowland († 1901). The couple had a son and two daughters, and two of the children were deaf and dumb . In 1865 Isaacs wrote Sounds Versus Signs , " A brief comparison of the two systems now in use for the education of deaf mutes " ( A brief comparison of the two systems now in use for the education of deaf mutes ).

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  1. ↑ John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 306.
  2. ^ A b c ancestry.com , accessed April 27, 2011
  3. ↑ a b Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 27, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.london-city-history.org.uk
  4. ↑ Biblioteca anglo-judaica at http://www.archive.org , accessed April 27, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Isaacs, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Isaacs, Sir Henry Aaron (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 1909
Place of death London