Montague Durlacher Explained

Montague Durlacher
Mother:Susannah Durlacher, née Levi
Father:Lewis Durlacher
Spouse:(1) Deborah Benjamin (1850–1879)
(2) Anne Louis, née Phillips (1881–1894)
Children:One daughter (Frances Susannah Durlacher)
Birth Date:9 April 1824
Birth Place:Westminster, London, England
Resting Place:Balls Pond Road Cemetery
Nationality:British
Occupation:Surgeon-chiropodist
Known For:Service in Queen Victoria's household

Montague Durlacher (9 April 1824 – 16 November 1894) was an English surgeon-chiropodist. In 1879 he was appointed as surgeon-chiropodist to Queen Victoria's household,[1] in succession to his father Lewis.[2] [3]

He was born in Westminster into a Jewish family, the third son of Lewis Durlacher (c.1792–1864) and his wife Susannah née Levi (c.1798–1874), who are both buried at Balls Pond Road Cemetery in London.[4]

Durlacher's first marriage, in 1850, was to Deborah Benjamin (who died in 1879 and is buried at Balls Pond Road Cemetery).[5] Their only child, Frances Susannah Durlacher, married dentist Edward Newton Jones, who took the surname Durlacher. Montague Durlacher's second wife, whom he married in June 1881, was Anne Louis, daughter of Israel Phillips. She died on 26 May 1916, aged 78, and is buried at Balls Pond Road Cemetery.[4]

Montague Durlacher died on 16 November 1894, aged 71. He is buried at Balls Pond Road Cemetery.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. "Mr. Durlacher of Old Burlington Street has received from the Lord Chamberlain the Royal Warrant of Appointment as Surgeon Chiropodist to Her Majesty The Queen [Victoria]." The Jewish Chronicle, 17 October 1879.
  2. Cooke . A M . 1982 . Queen Victoria's Medical Household . . 26 . 3 . 319. 10.1017/S0025727300041521 . 6750291 . 1139189 . 30855504 .
  3. Web site: The History of the IOCP . 27 August 2020 . The Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists.
  4. Web site: Montague Durlacher . 24 June 2009 . 27 August 2020. Martin-Jones, Tony. www.apex.net.au.
  5. Web site: Deborah Durlacher (née Benjamin) . 24 June 2009 . 5 September 2020. Martin-Jones, Tony. www.apex.net.au.