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Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bt
"Barrister and Baronet"
Goldsmid as caricatured by James Tissot in Vanity Fair, December 1872
Born1 May 1808
Died2 May 1878(1878-05-02) (aged 70)
Occupation(s)Barrister, politician
Spouse Louisa Sophia Goldsmid ​ ​(m. 1839)​
ParentSir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid
RelativesFrederick Goldsmid (brother)
Sir Julian Goldsmid (nephew)

Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet (1 May 1808 – 2 May 1878) was an English lawyer and politician.

Early life

The son of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid and a member of the Goldsmid banking family, Francis was born in London, and privately educated.

Career

Goldsmid was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1833, becoming the first Jew to become an English barrister, and was made Queen's Counsel in 1858. In 1859 he succeeded to his father's honors. After the passing of the Jewish Disabilities Bill, in which he had aided his father with a number of pamphlets that attracted great attention, he entered Parliament in 1860 as member for the Reading constituency, and represented that constituency until his death.

Goldsmid was strenuous on behalf of the Jewish religion, and the founder of the great Jews Free School. He was a munificent contributor to charities and especially to the endowment of University College London. He married Louisa Goldsmid who was his cousin. His wife was a campaigner for women's education. He employed the author and translator Frederica Maclean Rowan as his secretary for some years.

Marriage

He married his first cousin Louisa Sophia Goldsmid on 10 October 1839 at London, England. His nephew was Sir Julian Goldsmid.

Death and legacy

Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid 2nd Bt., died dsp on 2 May 1878 in St. Thomas's Hospital London following an accident that day when he fell between the platform and a carriage from which he was alighting at Waterloo Station. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew Sir Julian Goldsmid, son of Frederick Goldsmid. Goldsmid Road in the town of Reading is named after Francis Goldsmid, and is the location of the town's Orthodox synagogue.

References

  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Goldsmid s.v. Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, Bart.". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 214.
  3. "Francis Henry Goldsmid". JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
  4. Geoffrey Alderman, 'Goldsmid, Louisa Sophia, Lady Goldsmid (1819–1908)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 10 Sept 2015
  5. F. T. Marzials, 'Rowan, Frederica Maclean (1814–1882)’, rev. Susanne Stark, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 15 Nov 2015

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byFrancis Piggott
Sir Henry Singer Keating 		Member of Parliament for Reading
1860 – 1878
With: Francis Piggott to Nov 1860
Gillery Piggott Nov 1860–1863
George Shaw-Lefevre from 1863 		Succeeded byGeorge Shaw-Lefevre
George Palmer
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byIsaac Lyon Goldsmid Baronet
(of St John's Lodge)
1859–1878 		Succeeded byJulian Goldsmid
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