Jacob Levi Montefiore
Barbadian-Australian businessman, financier, writer, and politician
About Jacob Levi Montefiore
Lived 1819 – 1885 (aged 66). Jacob Levi Montefiore was a politician, merchant and financier.
Jacob Levi Montefiore (11 January 1819 – 24 January 1885) was a British businessman and financier known for his activities in the Australian colony of New South Wales.
Early life He was born at Bridgetown in Barbados to merchant Isaac Jacob Levi and his wife Esther Hannah Montefiore, who was related to Sir Moses Montefiore and the Rothschilds. The children adopted their mother's surname, including Jacob's younger brother Eliezer Levi Montefiore.
New South Wales In New South Wales he was a squatter and trader. On 9 July 1851 he married Caroline Antonine Gerardine Louyet in London. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1856 to 1860 and again from 1874 to 1877.
He was a nephew of Jacob Barrow Montefiore and Joseph Barrow Montefiore.
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Barbadian-Australian businessman, financier, writer, and politician
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Jacob Levi Montefiore was born on 11 January 1819.
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Jacob Levi Montefiore died on 24 January 1885.
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Jacob Levi Montefiore was a politician, merchant and financier.
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