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Eveske, Elias l' (d. in or after 1259), financier and leader of the Jewish community in England  

Robert C. Stacey

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Eveske, Elias l' (d. in or after 1259), financier and leader of the Jewish community in England, was the eldest of the several sons of Benedict l'Eveske of London. Born before 1200, he became a prominent figure during the 1220s, and by the 1230s was firmly established as one of the leading members of the ...

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Cover Goldsmid, Sir Isaac Lyon, first baronet (1778–1859)

Goldsmid, Sir Isaac Lyon, first baronet (1778–1859)  

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Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, first baronet (1778–1859) by unknown artist Collection University College London; © reserved in the photograph

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Goldsmid, Sir Isaac Lyon, first baronet (1778–1859), financier and Jewish communal leader  

Geoffrey Alderman

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Goldsmid, Sir Isaac Lyon, first baronet (1778–1859), financier and Jewish communal leader, was born in London on 13 January 1778, the eldest of the six children of Asher Goldsmid, a bullion broker, and his wife, Rachel, née Keyser. Asher's father, Aaron, had settled in ...

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Menahem, Elijah [known as Master Elias] (b. in or before 1232?, d. 1284), financier and rabbi  

Paul Brand

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Menahem, Elijah [known as Master Elias] (b. in or before 1232?, d. 1284), financier and rabbi, known in royal records as Master Elias, son of Master Mosse of London, was probably born in London not later than 1232. He was one of the six sons of ...

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Cover Montefiore, Sir Moses Haim (1784–1885)

Montefiore, Sir Moses Haim (1784–1885)  

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Sir Moses Haim Montefiore (1784–1885) by Elliott & Fry © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Montefiore, Sir Moses Haim (1784–1885), financier and Jewish community leader  

Geoffrey Alderman

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Montefiore, Sir Moses Haim (1784–1885), financier and Jewish community leader, the eldest son of Joseph Elias Montefiore, a London businessman, and Rachel, the daughter of Abraham Lumbroso de Mattos Mocatta, was born in Leghorn, Italy (during a visit there by his parents), on 24 October 1784. On his father's side ...

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Norwich, Isaac of (c. 1170–1235/6), moneylender and patron of rabbinic scholarship  

Robert C. Stacey

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Norwich, Isaac of (c. 1170–1235/6), moneylender and patron of rabbinic scholarship, was the only known son of Eliab (or Jurnet) of Norwich (c.1130–1197) and his wife, Muriel. His father, also a moneylender and scholarly patron, was the dominant figure in the twelfth-century Jewish community of ...

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Richardson, Thomas (1771–1853), financier and benefactor of Quaker institutions  

M. W. Kirby

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Richardson, Thomas (1771–1853), financier and benefactor of Quaker institutions, son of Robert Richardson, formerly of Hull, and his wife, Caroline Garth, née Richardson, was born at Darlington on 15 September 1771. He was second cousin of George Richardson and was related by marriage on his mother's side to ...