The Goldsmid Baronetcy, of St John's Lodge in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 October 1841 for Isaac Goldsmid, a financier and one of the leading figures in the Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom. He was the first person of the Jewish faith to be created a Baronet. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a barrister and sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Reading

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. He was childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baronet. He was a barrister, businessman and Liberal

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 politician. Goldsmid had eight daughters but no sons and on his death in 1896 the title became extinct.

Goldsmid Baronets, of St John's Lodge (1841)

• Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st Baronet (1778-1859)
• Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet (1808-1878)
• Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet was a British lawyer, businessman and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1866 and 1896....
  
   (1838-1896)

See also

• Goldsmid family
• D'Avigdor-Goldsmid Baronets
  D'Avigdor-Goldsmid Baronets
  The d'Avigdor-Goldsmid Baronetcy, of Somerhill in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 January 1934 for Osmond d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Chairman for the Jewish Agency for Palestine in London...
  
  
• Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons Baronets
  Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons Baronets
  The Salomons, later Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons Baronetcy, of Broom Hill in the Parish of Tunbridge in the County of Kent and of Great Cumberland Place in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...