Isaac Lyon Goldsmid
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Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st Baronet (born January 13, 1778 in London , † April 27, 1859 ibid) was a British entrepreneur.
Life
He made his fortune as a partner in the London company Mocatta & Goldsmid (founded 1684), which acted as broker for the Bank of England and the East India Company in the trading of gold bars .
He was instrumental in founding the University of London in 1837. For his services, he was awarded the hereditary title of Baronet , of St John's Lodge in the County of Surrey , on October 15, 1841 . He was the first Jew to be awarded a baronet title in the United Kingdom.
In 1846, the Portuguese government awarded him the title of Baron da Palmeira for his services in the settlement of a financial dispute between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Empire of Brazil .
Isaac Goldsmid was a pioneer of Jewish emancipation in England and campaigned for Jews to be accepted as candidates for parliament.
family
Isaac Lyon Goldsmid married his cousin Isabel Goldsmid (1788-1860). Their eldest son was the English politician Francis Henry Goldsmid (1808-1878). He inherited his paternal title and was a member of the British Parliament for the constituency of Reading . His wife was the feminist Louisa Sophia Goldsmid (1819–1908). The second son was the 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).
Web links
- Joseph Jacobs, Isidore Harris, Osmond Elim d'Avigdor Goldsmid, Goodman Lipkind: GOLDSMID. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
Individual evidence
- ↑ entry Baronetage: Goldsmid of St John's Lodge, Surrey on Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- ↑ Robert P. Swierenga: The forerunners: Dutch Jewry in the North American diaspora . Wayne State University Press, 1994, p. 56
- ^ 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New title created | Baronet, of St Johns Lodge 1841-1859 |
Francis Goldsmid |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldsmid, Isaac Lyon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goldsmid, Sir Isaac Lyon, 1st Baronet (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British financier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1859 |
| Place of death | London |