List of British Jewish nobility and gentry explained

The British nobility consists of the peerage and the gentry. The peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles, granted by the British sovereign. Under this system, only the senior family member bears a substantive title (duke, marquess, earl, viscount, baron). The gentry are generally untitled members of the upper classes, however, exceptions include baronets, knights, dames, Scottish feudal barons and lairds.

The history of the Jews in Britain goes back to the reign of William the Conqueror. The first written record of Jewish settlement in England dates from 1070, although Jews may have lived there since Roman times.[1] The Jewish presence continued until King Edward I's Edict of Expulsion in 1290. After the expulsion, there was no Jewish community (apart from individuals who practised Judaism secretly) until the rule of Oliver Cromwell. While Cromwell never officially readmitted Jews to Britain, a small colony of Sephardic Jews living in London was identified in 1656 and allowed to remain. The Jewish Naturalisation Act of 1753, an attempt to legalise the Jewish presence in Britain, remained in force for only a few months. In 1858, practising Jews were finally allowed to sit in Parliament after the passage of the Jews Relief Act, which was a significant step on the path to Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom.

The first Jewish knight was Sir Solomon de Medina, knighted in 1700, with no further Jews being knighted until 1837, when Queen Victoria knighted Moses Montefiore. Four years later, Isaac Goldsmid was made a baronet, the first Jew to receive a hereditary title. In 1885, Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, became the first Jew to receive a peerage title.

Peerage titles

Marquessates

Earldoms

Viscountcies

Hereditary baronies

Extant

Extinct

Life peerages

Other hereditary titles

Baronetcies

Extant

Extinct

Scottish feudal baronies

Other non-hereditary titles

Judicial lordships

Knighthoods

Honorary knighthoods

See also

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Kessler & Wenborn, p. 443.
  2. Rubinstein, p. 457.
  3. https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/lord-reading-takes-israeli-citizenship/
  4. Rubinstein, p. 854.
  5. Rubinstein, p. 293.
  6. Rubinstein, p. 688.
  7. Rubinstein, p. 639.
  8. Rubinstein, p. 913.
  9. Rubenstein, p. 959.
  10. Rubinstein, p. 163.
  11. Labour mourns the death of stalwart Baroness Birk, Herald Scotland.
  12. Web site: Interview: Michael Grade . The Jewish Chronicle . 2024-02-20.
  13. Rubinstein, p. 470.
  14. Rubinstein, p. 498.
  15. http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/previewsandreviews/content_objectid=13939784_method=full_siteid=50061_page=5_headline=-A-brush-withour-darkest-hour-name_page.html
  16. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20070504/281831459297233 Jewish Chronicle
  17. News: David Puttnam reveals the secrets of the trade. The Jerusalem Post. 14 July 2022.
  18. Rubinstein, p. 845.
  19. Rubinstein, pp. 825–826.
  20. Web site: Rothschild baronets . Debrett's illustrated baronetage and knightage . 1880 . 2023-02-05.
  21. Jackson, p. 208.
  22. Rubinstein, p. 634.
  23. Green, Chapter 5.
  24. Rubinstein, p. 690.
  25. Rubinstein, p. 342.
  26. Rubinstein, p. 428.
  27. News: Former top judge lambasts Grayling and Truss in memoir. Bowcott. Owen. 21 August 2019. 21 August 2019. The Guardian.
  28. News: Williams. Richard. Sir Stirling Moss obituary. The Guardian. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  29. https://bahamaspress.com/sol-kerzner-is-now-sir-of-the-bahamas-the-king-is-knighted-by-the-queen/ Sol Kerzner
  30. Web site: 2017 Honorary Awards . Government Digital Service (U.K.) .
  31. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/7640197/Dr-Mortimer-Sackler.html Dr Mortimer Sackler receives honorary KBE

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