Philanthropist and Jewish leader.
Born Italy, brought up in London. Married into the Rothschild family.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Moses Montefiore
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Moses Montefiore
Greater London Council Sir Moses Montefiore, 1784 - 1885, philanthropist and...
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Alfred Beit
Co-founder and funder (with Sir Julius Wernher) of the Royal School of Mines building. Born Hamburg, learnt the diamond trade in Amsterdam and went to Kimberley where he met Wernher and Cecil Rhod...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Africa, Germany, South Africa
1 memorial
Mothers Arms
A day nursery set up by Sylvia Pankhurst's suffragettes, giving mothers of working age the opportunity to go out and earn money. It occupied the former Gunmakers Arms public house. This photo, tak...
1 memorial
S. L. Swaab
This may not be our Swaab but, from Google books and TIB, we see that in 1864 Trubner published a 56 page book by S. L. Swaab entitled 'Fibrous Substances, indigenous and exotic : Their nature, var...
1 memorial
Royal Literary Fund
British benevolent fund for professional published authors in financial difficulties. The Prince Regent supported it by providing premises at 36 Gerrard Street.
1 memorial
Frederick Nicholas Charrington
Renounced a brewing fortune to help the East End poor. Born Bow Road, the heir to Charrington’s Brewery in Stepney. He entered the business but, aged 19, experienced a religious conversion and be...
Person, Food & Drink, Jack the Ripper suspects, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
2 memorials
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