| Levy Barent Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1747 |
| Died | 1808 (aged 60–61) |
| Occupation | Financier |
| Spouse | Lydia Diamantschleifer |
| Parent | Barent Cohen |
| Relatives | Shlomo David Cohen-Chazzan (brother) Nanette Salomons Cohen (niece) Nathan Mayer Rothschild (son-in-law) Moses Montefiore (son-in-law) |
Levy Barent Cohen (1747 – 1808) was a Dutch-born British financier and community worker.
Early life
Levy Barent Cohen was born in Amsterdam in 1747. He was the son of Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant. Cohen was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
Career
Cohen and his brother moved to England where they developed a large business in London. He became known as one of the leading merchants of the city.
Personal life
Cohen was naturalized as a British subject in 1798. He was closely involved in a number of Jewish charities and filled successively all the offices of the Duke's Place Synagogue, the principal Ashkenazi synagogue in London.
He married twice, first to Fanny (née Diamantschleifer) then, after her death, to Fanny's sister, Lydia. He had eight surviving children. Through the marriages his children contracted, including with Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sir Moses Montefiore, nearly all the leading Jewish families in England were connected with him. In addition, his brother's daughter was Nanette Salomons Cohen, the maternal grandmother of both Karl Marx and Frederik Philips who – with his son Gerard – founded Philips Electronics.
Partial list of descendants- Levy Barent Cohen (1747–1808)
- Joseph Cohen (1774–1838)
- Louis Cohen (1799–1882)
- Adelaide Cohen (1830–1895), married Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore
- Lionel Louis Cohen (1832–1887)
- Ellen Cohen (1843–1919), married Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling
- Sir Benjamin Cohen, 1st Baronet (1844–1909)
- Sir Herbert Benjamin Cohen, 2nd Baronet (1874–1968)
- Nathaniel Louis Cohen (1846–1913), married Julia Matilda Waley, daughter of Jacob Waley
- Sir Robert Waley Cohen (1877–1952)
- Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet (1914–1991)
- Rosalind Waley-Cohen (born 1945), married Philip Burdon
- Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen, 2nd Baronet (born 1946)
- Jack Waley-Cohen (born 1979)
- Robert Waley-Cohen (born 1948)
- Sam Waley-Cohen (born 1982)
- Joanna Waley-Cohen (born 1952)
- Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet (1914–1991)
- Charles Waley Cohen (1879–1963)
- Sir Robert Waley Cohen (1877–1952)
- Louis Cohen (1799–1882)
- Esther Cohen (1782–1859), married Samuel Moses Samuel
- Amelia Samuel (c. 1812–1890), married firstly Denis Moses, Baron de Samuel and secondly George FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney
- Louisa de Samuel, married George de Worms, 2nd Baron de Worms
- Amelia Samuel (c. 1812–1890), married firstly Denis Moses, Baron de Samuel and secondly George FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney
- Hannah Cohen (1783–1850), married Nathan Mayer Rothschild
- Judith Cohen (1784–1862), married Sir Moses Montefiore
- Benjamin Cohen (1789–1867), married Justina Montefiore, sister of Sir Moses Montefiore
- Arthur Cohen (1830–1914)
- Sir Benjamin Arthur Cohen (1862–1942)
- Margaret Cohen (1864–1931), married Sir Theodore Morison
- Arthur Cohen (1830–1914)
- Isaac Cohen (1791–1846)
- Juliana Cohen (1831–1877), married Mayer Amschel de Rothschild
- Jessie Cohen (1795–1869), married Myer Davidson
- Adeline Cohen (1799–1877), married John Helbert
- Joseph Cohen (1774–1838)
Death
Cohen died in England in 1808.
References
- ^ "Cohen, Levy Barent". The Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk & Wagnalls, New York. Retrieved 6 December 2019
- Cohen, Lord Justice (1945). "Levi Barent Cohen and some of his descendants". Transactions (Jewish Historical Society of England). 16: 11–23. ISSN 2047-2331. JSTOR 29777856.
- "COHEN, LEVY BARENT - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- Dwor, Richa (2015). "Montefiore [née Barent Cohen], Judith". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64882. Retrieved 5 December 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Klaus (1 January 2008). "Westdeutsche Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e.V. Sitz Köln - Bezirksgruppe Krefeld (A walk through Nijmegen: A communist and founder of Philips have same roots. West German Family Research Society, Krefeld Journal nr 23, 1.1.2008)" (PDF). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Cohen, Levy Barent". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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