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MONTEFIORE, SIR MOSES HAIM (1784–1885)

MONTEFIORE, See also:
SIR
SIR See also:
MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF
MOSES HAIM (1784–1885) , Jewish philanthropist, eldest son of See also:

Joseph See also:

ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias Montefiore, a See also:

LONDON

London See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, and of See also:

RACHEL (1821-1858)

Rachel, daughter of See also:

ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham Lumbroso de Mattos See also:

MOCATTA, FREDERICK DAVID (1828-1905)

Mocatta, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

LEGHORN (Ital. Livorno, Fr. Livourne)

Leghorn, on the 24th of See also:

OCTOBER

October 1784. His paternal ancestors were Jewish merchants who settled at See also:

Ancona and Leghorn in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, whilst his See also:

GRAND

grand-See also:

FATHER

father, Moses Haim Montefiore, emigrated from the latter See also:

TOWN

town to London in 1758. Montefiore entered the Stock See also:

EXCHANGE

Exchange, his See also:

UNCLE

uncle purchasing for him at a cost of 1200 the right to practise as one of the twelve Jewish brokers licensed by the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of London. Although belonging to the Sephardic or " See also:

SPANISH

Spanish " See also:

CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation of See also:

Jews, he married in 1812 See also:

JUDITH, THE BOOK OF

Judith, a daughter of See also:

Levi Barent See also:

COHEN (Hebrew for " priest ")

Cohen, of the " See also:

German " Jews, another of whose daughters was the wife of Nathan See also:

Mayer See also:

ROTHSCHILD

Rothschild, the See also:

head of the See also:

GREAT

great banking See also:

FIRM

firm; this relationship led to a See also:

close connexion in business between Montefiore and that See also:

house, and his See also:

BROTHER

brother Abraham married Henrietta Rothschild, a See also:

SISTER

sister of the financier. In 1824 Montefiore, having amassed a See also:

FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, retired from the Stock Exchange. From his See also:

FORTY

forty-third See also:

YEAR

year Montefiore devoted all his energies to ameliorating the See also:

lot of his co-religionists. His first See also:

PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage to See also:

PALESTINE

Palestine was undertaken in 1827, and resulted in a friendship with Mehemet See also:

Ali which was to See also:

lead to much See also:

PRACTICAL

practical See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good. Immediately on his return, Montefiore began to take an active See also:

PART

part in the struggle which See also:

BRITISH

British Jews were then carrying on to obtain full See also:

POLITICAL

political and civic rights. In 1837 he became the city of London's second Jewish See also:

SHERIFF

sheriff, and was knighted. In 1838, accompanied by See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Montefiore, he started on a second voyage to Palestine, in See also:

order to submit to Mehemet Ali a See also:

SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for Jewish colonization in See also:

SYRIA

Syria. Though political disturbances rendered his efforts again unsuccessful, the year 1840 brought Montefiore once mote before Mehemet, this See also:

time to plead the cause of some Jews imprisoned at See also:

DAMASCUS

Damascus on a See also:

charge of See also:

RITUAL (from Lat. ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom)

ritual See also:

MURDER

murder. He obtained their See also:

RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release, and on his way back wrung from the See also:

PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte a See also:

DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree giving Jews throughout See also:

TURKEY

Turkey the utmost privileges accorded to aliens.

In 1846 the threatened re-issue in See also:

Russia of an Imperial ukase (first promulgated in 1844) ordering the withdrawal of all Jews from within 5o versts of the765 German and See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian frontiers, caused Montefiore to proceed to St See also:

PETERSBURG

Petersburg, where in an interview with the See also:

TSAR, or CZAR

tsar he succeeded in getting the ukase rescinded. On his return, See also:

Queen See also:

Victoria, on the recommendation of Sir See also:

Robert See also:

Peel, made him a See also:

BARONET

baronet. In 1859 a See also:

case of injustice which attracted the See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of all See also:

EUROPE

Europe brought Sir Moses to the See also:

GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates of the Vatican. A Jewish See also:

child named See also:

MORTARA

Mortara had been secretly baptized by its See also:

NURSE (a shortened form of the earlier " nourice," adapted through the French from Lat. nutrix, nu/rite, to nourish)

nurse and stolen from its See also:

MOTHER

mother, who died of grief. See also:

CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

ANTONELLI, GIACOMO (1806-1876)

Antonelli, in the name of the See also:

pope, refused to give up the boy, who became a See also:

PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest. In 1863 we find Montefiore on a See also:

MISSION

mission in See also:

Constantinople to obtain from the See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan, Abdul Aziz, the See also:

CONFIRMATION (Lat. confirmatio, from confirmare, to establish, make firm)

confirmation of his predecessor's decrees in favour of the Jews; in 1864 in See also:

MOROCCO

Morocco to combat an outbreak of See also:

ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-Semitism; in 1866 in Syria, relieving the See also:

DISTRESS

distress resulting from a See also:

PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague of locusts and an epidemic of See also:

CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera; and in 1867 in See also:

Rumania, once more See also:

PLEADING (Fr. plaider, plaidoyer)

pleading the cause of the oppressed Jews with See also:

Prince See also:

Charles. In 1872 Montefiore was deputed by the British Jews to See also:

PRESENT

present to See also:

Alexander II. their congratulations on the bicentenary of the See also:

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of See also:

Peter the Great, and was received by the tsar with great See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour at the See also:

Winter See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace. His seventh and last pilgrimage to the See also:

HOLY

Holy See also:

LAND

Land was made in 1875, of which he wrote an See also:

account in his Narrative of a Forty Days' Sojourn in the Holy Land, published in that year. The last See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade of his See also:

LIFE

life was passed in See also:

COMPARATIVE

comparative quiet upon his See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate near See also:

RAMSGATE

Ramsgate, in See also:

Kent; and there, after having received See also:

general congratulations on the completion of his hundredth year, he passed peacefully away on the 28th of See also:

JULY

July 1885. Sir Moses Montefiore was a strictly orthodox See also:

JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew, scrupulously observant of both the spirit and the See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of the Scriptures; in his grounds he had a See also:

synagogue built where services are still held twice a See also:

day, a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college where ten rabbis live and expound the Jewish See also:

law, and a See also:

MAUSOLEUM

mausoleum that contains the remains of himself and of Lady Montefiore, who died in 1862.

End of Article: MONTEFIORE, SIR MOSES HAIM (1784–1885)

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I have quiston about a box that was in my husband grandmother family It says this box was given to Mary M (can't read the rest of the name) by Sir Moses Montefiore and brought by him from the Holy land in 1875 and given to someone in 18?? something her home in London could any one help me with any information on this it is a wooden box dark blue with flowers

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