Osmond d'Avigdor-Goldsmid
British baronet
About Osmond d'Avigdor-Goldsmid
Lived 1877 – 1940 (aged 62).
Sir Osmond Elim d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 1st Baronet DL JP (9 August 1877 – 14 April 1940) was a British financier and baronet.
Life D'Avigdor-Goldsmid was born to Jewish parents. His father, Elim Henry d'Avigdor, was a noted civil engineer. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Baronetcy Born Osmond d'Avigdor, he "added the name Goldsmid on inheriting the estates of his cousin Sir Julian Goldsmid". He was created a Baronet of Somerhill in the County of Kent on 22 January 1934.
Personal life In 1907, D'Avigdor-Goldsmid married Alice Landau(1881—1968), Russian banker Yakov Polyakov's granddaughter. After his death, his son Henry D'Avigdor-Goldsmid inherited his peerage.
He was a member of the Athenæum.
Memorial The Israeli settlement of Avigdor was named after him.
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Who was Osmond d'Avigdor-Goldsmid?
British baronet
When was Osmond d'Avigdor-Goldsmid born?
Osmond d'Avigdor-Goldsmid was born on 9 August 1877 in Vienna.
When did Osmond d'Avigdor-Goldsmid die?
Osmond d'Avigdor-Goldsmid died on 14 April 1940.
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