Willesden Jewish Cemetery
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Willesden Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery
for Jews in Beaconsfield Road, Willesden
, London Borough of Brent
. It opened in 1873 on a 20 acre (0.0809372 km²) site. More properly, it is the Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
for Jews in Beaconsfield Road, Willesden
Willesden
Willesden is an area in North West London which forms part of the London Borough of Brent. It is situated 5 miles north west of Charing Cross...
, London Borough of Brent
London Borough of Brent
In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough had a total population of 2,022. This rose slowly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 5,646 in the middle of the century. When the railways arrived the rate of population growth increased...
. It opened in 1873 on a 20 acre (0.0809372 km²) site. More properly, it is the Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery.
Notable burials
Some of the notable persons interred here include:- Asher AsherAsher AsherAsher Asher , born in Glasgow, was the first Scottish Jew to enter the medical profession. The only book he published was The Jewish Rite of Circumcision . He died in London, England-Life:...
(1837–1889), first Scottish Jew to enter the medical profession. In London, he was secretary of its Great SynagogueGreat Synagogue of LondonThe Great Synagogue of London was, for centuries, the centre of Ashkenazi synagogue and Jewish life in London. It was destroyed during World War II, in the Blitz.-History:...
, and then the first secretary of the United SynagogueUnited SynagogueUnited Synagogue is an organisation of London Jews that was founded with the sanction of an Act of Parliament, in 1870. , it remains the largest religious grouping within the British Jewish community and indeed in Europe, covering 62 Orthodox Jewish communities...
. - Rosalind FranklinRosalind FranklinRosalind Elsie Franklin was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal and graphite...
(1920-1958), co-discoverer of the structure of DNA - Barney BarnatoBarney BarnatoBarney Barnato , born Barnet Isaacs, was a British Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later gold mining, in South Africa from the 1870s.-Background:...
(1852-1897), financier - Dudley JoelDudley JoelDudley Jack Barnato Joel was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.-Biography:Part of the wealthy and prominent Joel family, he was the son of businessman Solomon Barnato Joel and his wife Ellen Ridley and was married to Esme Oldham.Heavily involved in Thoroughbred horse racing,...
(1904-1941), businessman, politician, World War II naval officer - Jim Joel (1895-1992), businessman, racehorse owner
- Alfred Charles de RothschildAlfred de RothschildAlfred Charles de Rothschild was the second son of Lionel de Rothschild and Baroness Charlotte von Rothschild of the prominent Rothschild family....
(1842-1918), Governor of the Bank of England - Anthony Nathan de Rothschild (1810-1876)
- Charles RothschildCharles RothschildNathaniel Charles Rothschild , known as "Charles", was an English banker and entomologist and a member of the Rothschild family.-Family:...
(1877-1923) - Charlotte von RothschildCharlotte von RothschildCharlotte von Rothschild was a German-born British socialite. She was a member of the Rothschild banking family of Naples, but was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany....
(1819-1884) - Hannah Rothschild, Countess of RoseberyHannah Primrose, Countess of RoseberyHannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery was the daughter of Mayer de Rothschild and his wife Juliana, née Cohen...
(1851-1890) - James A. de Rothschild (1878-1957)
- Leopold de RothschildLeopold de RothschildLeopold de Rothschild CVO was a British banker, thoroughbred race horse breeder, and a member of the prominent Rothschild family.-Education and career:...
(1845-1917) - Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron RothschildWalter Rothschild, 2nd Baron RothschildLionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild FRS , a scion of the Rothschild family, was a British banker, politician, and zoologist.-Biography:...
(1868-1937) - Lionel de RothschildLionel de RothschildBaron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild was a British banker and politician.-Biography:The son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Hanna Barent Cohen, he was a member of the prominent Rothschild family....
(1808-1879) - Lionel Nathan de RothschildLionel Nathan de RothschildLionel Nathan de Rothschild was an English banker and Conservative politician best remembered as the creator of Exbury Gardens...
(1882-1942) - Mayer Amschel de RothschildMayer Amschel de RothschildMayer Amschel de Rothschild of the English branch of the Rothschild family was the fourth and youngest son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild . He was named Mayer Amschel Rothschild, for his grandfather, the patriarch of the Rothschild family.-Life:Known to his family as "Muffy", he was born in New Court,...
(1818-1874) - Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840-1915), banker, politician
- Marcus SamuelMarcus Samuel, 1st Viscount BearstedMarcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted JP , known as Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Baronet between 1903 and 1921 and subsequently as The Lord Bearsted until 1925, was the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, a precursor to Royal Dutch Shell.-Career:Samuel was born into a Jewish family in...
(1853-1927), 1st Viscount BearstedViscount BearstedViscount Bearsted, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1925 for the businessman Marcus Samuel, 1st Baron Bearsted, the joint-founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company...
, banker and a founder of Shell Oil Co. - Sir Albert SassoonAlbert Abdullah David SassoonSir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet, KCB, CSI, , a British Indian philanthropist and merchant, was born a Jew in Baghdad, a member of a family that had lived there since the beginning of the 16th century, having been expelled from Spain in the 1490s. He was named Abdullah at birth, but...
- Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, of Kensington Gore
- Conchita SupervíaConchita SuperviaConchita Supervía was a highly popular Spanish mezzo-soprano singer who appeared in opera in Europe and America and also gave recitals....
(1895-1936), Spanish mezzo-soprano. - Simeon SolomonSimeon SolomonSimeon Solomon was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter-Biography:...
(1840-1905), painter - Sir Julius VogelJulius VogelSir Julius Vogel, KCMG was the eighth Premier of New Zealand. His administration is best remembered for the issuing of bonds to fund railway construction and other public works...
(1835-1899), Prime Minister of New Zealand - Giulia WarwickGiulia WarwickGiulia Warwick was an English operatic soprano and actress, best known for roles in with Richard D'Oyly Carte's and the Carl Rosa Opera Company in the last quarter of the 19th century.-Life and career:...
(1857 - 1904), opera singer