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• Adler, Hermann    b. May 30, 1839  d. July 18, 1911
  Religious Leader. The son of Rabbi Nathan Adler, he served as British Chief Rabbi.
  Cause of death: heart failure
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Adler, Nathan Marcus    b. January 13, 1803  d. January 21, 1890
  Religious Leader. He served as the first Chief Rabbi of the British United Synagogue. He was the father of Rabbi Hermann Adler.
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Barnato (Isaacs), Barney (Barnett)    b. February 21, 1851  d. June 14, 1897
  Financier and rogue. Born Barnett Isaacs in 1852, he made his first fortune in diamonds in South Africa and returned to England to become king of the market in gold shares ('kaffirs'). His visiting card bore the inscription 'I'll stand you a drink but I won't lend you a fiver'. Took to drink and commited suicide throwing himself overboard ship en route to England, south of Madeira. His funeral was attended by all the leading city figures. One of them later wrote: 'Poor Barney; what a tragic end...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Suicide by drowning
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Bearsted, Marcus Samuel, Viscount    b. November 5, 1853  d. January 17, 1927
  British Peer, Industrialist. Founder of Shell Oil. Born the son of Abigail Moss and Marcus Samuel in London, England. He helped develop oil fields in Sarawak and Egypt and was a founder and Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading Company Ltd. and started handling consignments of kerosene. In 1892 he began operating tankers sailing to the Far East and set up oil depots. He held the office of Sheriff of the City of London between 1894 and 1895 and was invested as a Knight in 1898 for services...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Brodie, Israel    b. May 10, 1895  d. February 2, 1979
  Chief Rabbi of Britain and the British commonwealth, 1948-1965.
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Cohen, Jack (John Edward)   b. October 6, 1898  d. March 24, 1979
  Starting as a market trader, he built up one of the largest store chains in Britain, Tesco.
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• de Rothschild, Lionel Nathan    b. January 25, 1882  d. January 28, 1942
  Member of the Rothschild dynasty, son of Baron Leopold de Rothschild. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Franklin, Rosalind Elsie    b. July 25, 1920  d. April 16, 1958
  One of the most remarkable women scientists of the last century, her initial research was in carbon fibre technology. Her later work took her into X-ray diffraction and her photographs of DNA gave the initial clue to the molecule's 'double-helix' structure. Had her career not been cut short by cancer, she would have deserved to share in the Nobel Prize awarded in 1962 to Crick, Watson and Wilkins. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: Ovarian cancer
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Gertler, Mark   b. December 9, 1891  d. June 23, 1939
  Painter. Born in Spitalfields, London, Gertler was a pacifist and refused to support Britain's involvement in the First World War. After the Battle of the Somme Gertler painted Merry-Go-round (1916). Considered by many art critics as the most important British painting of the First World War, Merry-go-round, shows a group of military and civilian figures caught on the vicious circle of the roundabout. His early life and his relationship with Dora Carrington were the inspiration for Gilbert...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
  Plot: Section QX, Row 15, grave no. 323
   
• Gollancz, Sir Hermann    b. November 30, 1852  d. October 15, 1930
  Rabbi, founder of many synagoues, Goldsmid Professor of Hebrew at University College, London. Served on many Royal Commissions, including one on the cinema (1917). Prolific writer. The first British Rabbi to receive a knighthood (1923). (Bio by: David Conway)
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Golschmidt, Lazarus   b. December 12, 1871  d. April 18, 1950
  Noted bibliophile who built a unique collection of Hebrew incunabula. Also the first single-handed translator of the Talmud into German. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Hertz, Joseph    b. September 25, 1872  d. January 14, 1946
  Chief Rabbi of Britain and the British Empire, 1912-1946.
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Joel, Harry Joel 'Jim'   b. 1895  d. March 23, 1992
  Great-nephew of Barney Barnato (q.v.) and a director of De Beers diamond company. Noted racehorse owner and trainer who won the Derby in 1969 with his horse 'Royal Palace' and the Grand Naitonal in 1987 with 'Maori Venture'. His tombstone is inscribed with a wholly apt quotation from Psalm 20: 'Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God'. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Moses, Samuel   b. 1806  d. October 2, 1873
  Having made his fortune in Tasmania, Moses retired to England. His speedy burial in the new Willesden Cemetery, where he (or his family) were keen that he should have the honour of being its first interment, in fact caused a major argument amongst the cemetery's directors. (Bio by: David Conway)
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• Rothschild, Alfred Charles de    b. July 20, 1842  d. January 31, 1918
  Governor of the Bank of England. Brother of Nathan.
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Rothschild, James de   b. 1878  d. 1957
  Elected MP in 1929.
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Rothschild, Leopold de    b. November 22, 1845  d. May 29, 1917
  Partner in Rothschild bank, brother of Nathan.
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Rothschild, Lionel Walter    b. February 8, 1868  d. August 27, 1937
  Naturalist and zoologist. Founded zoological museum on his estate at Tring; carried out much reserach himself and financed extensive research and publications. Donated his museum to the British Museum at his death. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Rothschild, Lionel Nathan de    b. November 22, 1808  d. June 3, 1879
  The first Jew to be elected to the House of Commons, in 1847 - although he was not allowed to take his seat until 1858.
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   
• Rothschild, Nathan Mayer    b. November 8, 1840  d. March 1, 1915
  Financier, British Statesman. He became the head of the London branch of the Rothschild banking family, being the great-grandson of family dynasty founder Mayer Amschel Rothschild. He inherited the family baronetcy from his uncle, and became the first Jewish member of Great Britain's House of Lords.
  Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, Willesden, Greater London, England
   

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