Levy Barent Cohen (1747 – 1808) was a Dutch-born British financier and community worker.
Levy Barent Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1747 |
| Died | 1808 (aged 60–61) |
| Occupation | Financier |
| Spouse | Lydia Diamantschleifer |
| Parent | Barent Cohen |
| Relatives | Shlomo David Cohen-Chazzan (brother) Nanette Salomons Cohen (niece) Nathan Mayer Rothschild (son-in-law) Moses Montefiore (son-in-law) |
Early life
editLevy Barent Cohen was born in Amsterdam in 1747. He was the son of Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant.[1] Cohen was of Ashkenazi[2] Jewish descent.[3]
Career
editCohen and his brother moved to England where they developed a large business in London. He became known as one of the leading merchants of the city.[1]
Personal life
editCohen was naturalized as a British subject in 1798. He was closely involved in a number of Jewish charities and filled successively all the offices of the Duke's Place Synagogue, the principal Ashkenazi synagogue in London.[1]
He married twice, first to Fanny (née Diamantschleifer) then, after her death, to Fanny's sister, Lydia. He had eight surviving children.[4] Through the marriages his children contracted, including with Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sir Moses Montefiore, nearly all the leading Jewish families in England were connected with him.[1] In addition, his brother's daughter was Nanette Salomons Cohen, the maternal grandmother of both Karl Marx and Frederik Philips who – with his son Gerard – founded Philips Electronics.[5]
- Levy Barent Cohen (1747–1808)
- Joseph Cohen (1774–1838)
- Louis Cohen (1799–1882)
- Adelaide Cohen (1830–1895), married Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore
- Lionel Louis Cohen (1832–1887)
- Ellen Cohen (1843–1919), married Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling
- Sir Benjamin Cohen, 1st Baronet (1844–1909)
- Sir Herbert Benjamin Cohen, 2nd Baronet (1874–1968)
- Nathaniel Louis Cohen (1846–1913), married Julia Matilda Waley, daughter of Jacob Waley
- Sir Robert Waley Cohen (1877–1952)
- Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet (1914–1991)
- Rosalind Waley-Cohen (born 1945), married Philip Burdon
- Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen, 2nd Baronet (born 1946)
- Jack Waley-Cohen (born 1979)
- Robert Waley-Cohen (born 1948)
- Sam Waley-Cohen (born 1982)
- Joanna Waley-Cohen (born 1952)
- Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet (1914–1991)
- Charles Waley Cohen (1879–1963)
- Sir Robert Waley Cohen (1877–1952)
- Louis Cohen (1799–1882)
- Esther Cohen (1782–1859), married Samuel Moses Samuel
- Amelia Samuel (c. 1812–1890), married firstly Denis Moses, Baron de Samuel and secondly George FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney
- Louisa de Samuel, married George de Worms, 2nd Baron de Worms
- Amelia Samuel (c. 1812–1890), married firstly Denis Moses, Baron de Samuel and secondly George FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney
- Hannah Cohen (1783–1850), married Nathan Mayer Rothschild
- Judith Cohen (1784–1862), married Sir Moses Montefiore
- Benjamin Cohen (1789–1867), married Justina Montefiore, sister of Sir Moses Montefiore
- Arthur Cohen (1830–1914)
- Sir Benjamin Arthur Cohen (1862–1942)
- Margaret Cohen (1864–1931), married Sir Theodore Morison
- Arthur Cohen (1830–1914)
- Isaac Cohen (1791–1846)
- Juliana Cohen (1831–1877), married Mayer Amschel de Rothschild
- Jessie Cohen (1795–1869), married Myer Davidson
- Adeline Cohen (1799–1877), married John Helbert
- Joseph Cohen (1774–1838)
Death
editCohen died in England in 1808.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Cohen, Levy Barent". The Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk & Wagnalls, New York. Retrieved 6 December 2019
- ^ Cohen, Lord Justice (1945). "Levi Barent Cohen and some of his descendants". Transactions (Jewish Historical Society of England). 16: 11–23. ISSN 2047-2331. JSTOR 29777856.
- ^ "COHEN, LEVY BARENT - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Dwor, Richa (2015). "Montefiore [née Barent Cohen], Judith". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64882. Retrieved 5 December 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Klaus (1 January 2008). "Westdeutsche Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e.V. Sitz Köln - Bezirksgruppe Krefeld (A walk through Nijmegen: A communist and founder of Philips have same roots. West German Family Research Society, Krefeld Journal nr 23, 1.1.2008)" (PDF). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Cohen, Levy Barent". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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