Levy Barent Cohen Explained

Levy Barent Cohen
Birth Date:1747
Death Date:1808
Occupation:Financier
Spouse:Lydia Diamantschleifer
Parents:Barent Cohen
Relatives:Shlomo David Cohen-Chazzan
Nanette Salomons Cohen
Nathan Mayer Rothschild (son-in-law)
Moses Montefiore (son-in-law)

Levy Barent Cohen (1747 – 1808) was a Dutch-born British financier and community worker.

Early life

Levy 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

Cohen 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

Cohen 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]

Death

Cohen died in England in 1808.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cohen, Levy Barent. The Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk & Wagnalls, New York. Retrieved 6 December 2019
  2. Cohen . Lord Justice . 1945 . Levi Barent Cohen and some of his descendants . Transactions (Jewish Historical Society of England) . 16 . 11–23 . 29777856 . 2047-2331.
  3. Web site: COHEN, LEVY BARENT - JewishEncyclopedia.com . 2022-12-10 . www.jewishencyclopedia.com.
  4. Montefiore [née Barent Cohen], Judith]. Dwor . Richa . 2015. 10.1093/ref:odnb/64882 . 5 December 2022.
  5. Web site: 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). 1 January 2008. Klaus. 6 December 2019.