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Hardoon, Silas Aaron (1851–1931), merchant and property owner  

Chiara Betta

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Hardoon, Silas Aaron (1851–1931), merchant and property owner, was born in Baghdad, one of the six children of Aaron Hardoon. He moved with his family to Bombay about 1856. His family was poor and he received only an elementary education, possibly supported by the local ...

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Hart, Aaron Philip [Moshe Uri ben Yechezkel] (1724–1800), merchant  

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

See Hart, Aaron [Uri Feibusch, Uri ben Rav Hirz Hamburger]

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Hart, Ezekiel (1770–1843), landowner and politician  

Yitzchak Kerem

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Hart, Ezekiel (1770–1843), landowner and politician, was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, on 15 May 1770, one of the sons of Aaron Philip Hart (1724–1800) [see under Hart, Aaron], merchant, and his wife, Dorothy Catherine Judah (1747–1827). In 1792 he was based in ...

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Lopes, Sir Manasseh Masseh, first baronet (1755–1831), landowner and politician  

J. A. Hamilton

revised by Hallie Rubenhold

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Lopes, Sir Manasseh Masseh, first baronet (1755–1831), landowner and politician, was born Manasseh Lopes in Jamaica on 27 January 1755, only son of Mordecai Rodriguez Lopes (d. 1796), plantation owner, and Rebecca, daughter of Manasseh Pereira of Jamaica. He came from a family of Sephardic Jews who had become very wealthy as sugar planters in ...