|
GOLDSMID , the name of a See also:family of Anglo-Jewish bankers sprung from See also:Aaron Goldsmid (d. 1782), a Dutch See also:merchant who settled in See also:England about 1763. Two of his sons, See also:Benjamin Goldsmid (c. 1753–1808) and See also:Abraham Goldsmid (c. 1756–181o), began business together about 1777 as See also:bill-brokers in See also:London, and soon became See also:great See also:powers in the See also:money See also:market, during the See also:Napoleonic See also:war, through their dealings with the See also:government. Abraham Goldsmid was in 1810 See also:joint contractor with the Barings for a government See also:loan, but owing to a depreciation of the See also:scrip he was forced into See also:bankruptcy and committed See also:suicide. His See also:brother, in a See also:fit of depression, had similarly taken his own See also:life two years before. Both were noted for their public and private generosity, and Benjamin had a See also:part in See also:founding the Royal See also:Naval See also:Asylum. Benjamin See also:left four sons, the youngest being Lionel Prager Goldsmid; Abraham a daughter, See also:Isabel.
Their See also:nephew, See also:Sir See also:Isaac See also:Lyon Goldsmid, See also:Bart. (1778–1859), was See also:born in London, and began in business with a See also:firm of See also:bullion brokers to the See also:Bank of England and the See also:East See also:India See also:Company. He amassed a large See also:fortune, and was made See also:Baron da Palmeira by the Portuguese government in 1846 for services rendered in settling a monetary dispute between See also:Portugal and See also:Brazil, but he is chiefly known for his efforts to obtain the emancipation of the See also:Jews in England and for his part in founding University See also:College, London. The Jewish Disabilities Bill, first introduced in See also:Parliament by Sir-See also:Robert See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant in 183o, owed its final passage to Goldsmid's energetic See also:work. He helped to establish the University College See also:hospital in 1834, serving as its treasurer for eighteen years, and also aided in the efforts to obtain reform in the See also:English penal See also:code. Moreover he assisted by his See also:capital and his enterprise to build part of the English See also:southern See also:railways and also the London docks. In 1841 he became the first Jewish See also:baronet, the See also:honour being conferred upon him by See also:Lord See also:Melbourne. He had married his See also:cousin Isabel (see above), and their second son was Sir See also:Francis See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Goldsmid, Bart. (1808–1878), born in London, and called to the See also:bar at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn in 1833 (the first See also:Jew to become an English See also:barrister; Q.C. 1858). After the passing of the Jewish Disabilities Bill, in which he had aided his See also:father with a number of See also:pamphlets that attracted great See also:attention, he entered Parliament in 186o (having succeeded to the baronetcy) as member for See also:Reading, and represented that See also:constituency until his See also:death. He was strenuous on behalf of the Jewish See also:religion, and the founder of the great Jews' See also:Free School. He was a munificent contributor to charities and especially to the endowment of University College. He, like his father, married a cousin, and, dying without issue, was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew Sir See also:Julian Goldsmid, Bart. (1838-1896), son of See also:Frederick See also:David Goldsmid (1812–1866), See also:long M.P. for See also:Honiton. Sir Julian was for many years in Parliament, and his See also:wealth, ability and See also:influence made him a personage of consider-able importance. He was eventually made a privy councillor. He See also:bad eight daughters, but no son, and his entailed See also:property passed to his relation, Mr d'Avigdor, his See also:house in Piccadilly being converted into the Isthmian See also:Club.
Another distinguished member of the same family, Sir See also:Frederic See also:John Goldsmid (1818-1908), son of Lionel Prager Goldsmid (see above), was educated at See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's College, London, and entering the See also:Madras See also:army in 1839.served in the See also:China War of 1840-41, with the See also:Turkish troops in eastern See also:Crimea in 1855–56, and was given See also:political employment by the See also:Indian government. He received the thanks of the See also:commander-in-See also:chief and of the war See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office for services during the See also:Egyptian See also:campaign, and was retired a See also:major-See also:general in 1875. Sir Frederic Goldsmid's nameis, however, associated less with military service than with much valuable work in exploration and in See also:surveying, for which he repeatedly received the thanks of government. From 1865 to 187o he was director-general of the Indo-See also:European See also:telegraph, and carried through the telegraph See also:convention with See also:Persia; and between 1870 and 1872, as See also:commissioner, he settled with Persia the difficult questions of the Perso-Baluch and Perso-Afghan boundaries. In the course of his work he had to travel extensively, and he followed this up by various responsible See also:missions connected with See also:emigration questions. In 1881–1882 he was in See also:Egypt, as controller of the Daira Sanieh, and doing other See also:miscellaneous military work; and in 1883 he went to the See also:Congo, on behalf of the king of the Belgians, as one of the organizers of the new See also:state, but had to return on See also:account of illness. From his See also:early years he had made studies of several Eastern See also:languages, and he ranked among the foremost Orientalists of his See also:day. In 1886 he was See also:president of the See also:geographical See also:section of the See also:British Association See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting held at See also:Birmingham. He had married in 1849, and had two sons and four daughters. In 1871 he was made a K.C.S.I. Besides important contributions to the 9th edition of the See also:Encyclopaedia Britannica and many See also:periodicals, he wrote an excellent and authoritative See also:biography of Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Outram (2 vols., 188o).
A See also:sister of the last-named married Henry See also:Edward Goldsmid (1812-1855), an eminent Indian See also:civil servant, son of Edward Goldsmid; his reform of the See also:revenue See also:system in Bombay, and introduction of a new system, established after his death, through his reports in 1840-1847, and his devoted labour in See also:land-surveys, were of the highest importance to western India, and established his memory there as a public benefactor.
End of Article: GOLDSMID
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!