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Moses Montefiore, financier, Jewish community leader and philanthropist, was the eldest son of Joseph Elias Montefiore, a London businessman, and Rachel, the daughter of Abraham Lumbroso de Mattos Mocatta.
Early in his career, Montefiore secured a position as one of the twelve Jewish brokers in the City of London (1803) and was elected founding president of the Alliance Assurance Company in 1824. Montefiore's personal and financial fortunes increased in 1812, when he married Judith, daughter of Levi Barent Cohen and sister-in-law of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, and became Rothschild's stockbroker.
Having amassed a sizable fortune before the age of forty, Montefiore retired from regular business in order to devote himself to philanthropic pursuits, in the service of the Jewish people, both in Great Britain and abroad. He was President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews between 1835 and 1874, and by 1840 had turned his attentions increasingly towards the oppression of Jews abroad. Among his diplomatic ventures he visited Mehmet Ali, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, in 1840, to obtain a ruling placing Jews on an equal par with other foreigners throughout the Ottoman Empire. He made further diplomatic ventures to Russia (1846), Rome (1856) and Morocco (1863), and visited the Holy Land seven times between 1827 and 1875.
Montefiore was elected Sheriff of London in 1837 and High Sheriff of Kent in 1847. His humanitarian efforts were publicly recognised when he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1837 and created a baronet in 1846. Montefiore's 100th Birthday, months before his death, was celebrated by Jewish communities worldwide.
Early in his career, Montefiore secured a position as one of the twelve Jewish brokers in the City of London (1803) and was elected founding president of the Alliance Assurance Company in 1824. Montefiore's personal and financial fortunes increased in 1812, when he married Judith, daughter of Levi Barent Cohen and sister-in-law of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, and became Rothschild's stockbroker.
Having amassed a sizable fortune before the age of forty, Montefiore retired from regular business in order to devote himself to philanthropic pursuits, in the service of the Jewish people, both in Great Britain and abroad. He was President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews between 1835 and 1874, and by 1840 had turned his attentions increasingly towards the oppression of Jews abroad. Among his diplomatic ventures he visited Mehmet Ali, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, in 1840, to obtain a ruling placing Jews on an equal par with other foreigners throughout the Ottoman Empire. He made further diplomatic ventures to Russia (1846), Rome (1856) and Morocco (1863), and visited the Holy Land seven times between 1827 and 1875.
Montefiore was elected Sheriff of London in 1837 and High Sheriff of Kent in 1847. His humanitarian efforts were publicly recognised when he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1837 and created a baronet in 1846. Montefiore's 100th Birthday, months before his death, was celebrated by Jewish communities worldwide.