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The Lindo family was a prominent Sephardi Jewish family merchant and banking family. [1] [2][3][4][5]
United Kingdom
One of the oldest and most esteemed of London Sephardic families; it traces its descent back to Isaac Lindo (1638-1712), who settled in London in around 1670. He became an elder of Bevis Marks Synagogue and was one of the twelve Jew brokers of the Royal Exchange, London in 1681. [6] His son, Alexander Lindo (1666-1726) became a sworn broker in 1683. For eight successive generations a members of the family were sworn broker of the city of London, until the 19th century. [7][8] The Lindos were closely related to many other Sephardi "cousinhood" families of note in Britain, including the Mocattas and the Montefiores.
Jamaica
Alexandre Lindo, the great-grandson of Isaac Lindo, migrated to Jamaica from Bordeaux in 1765 and became the most important merchant and banker on the island. By the 1780 he operated Lindo's Wharf in downtown Kingston. He invested in the first steam powered sugar mill in the world at Greenwich Park in Kingston. In 1803 he made a £550,000 loan to Napoleon, which was never repaid. He had two wives and at least 26 children.[9][10][11]
Notable Members
- ^ Church, Catholic; America, Renaissance Society of (2001-01-01). Jews in the Canary Islands: Being a Calendar of Jewish Cases Extracted from the Records of the Canariote Inquisition in the Collection of the Marquess of Bute. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8450-7.
- ^ "The Lindo Story". The Lampstand Magazine. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ Maclise, Daniel; Murray, Peter (2008). Daniel Maclise, 1806-1870: Romancing the Past. Crawford Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-948037-66-5.
- ^ Ranston, Jackie (2000). The Lindo Legacy. Toucan Books. ISBN 978-1-903435-00-7.
- ^ "Moses Lindo ; a sketch of the most prominent Jew in Charleston in provincial days". Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930 - CURIOSity Digital Collections. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Hanukkah and the Lindo Lamp". Museum of London. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ England), Jewish Museum (London (1992). The Portuguese Jewish Community in London, 1656-1830. Jewish Museum.
- ^ Church, Catholic; America, Renaissance Society of (2001-01-01). Jews in the Canary Islands: Being a Calendar of Jewish Cases Extracted from the Records of the Canariote Inquisition in the Collection of the Marquess of Bute. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8450-7.
- ^ Rauschenbach, Sina; Schorsch, Jonathan (2019-04-09). The Sephardic Atlantic: Colonial Histories and Postcolonial Perspectives. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-99196-2.
- ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ Girard, Philippe R. (2011-11-02). The Slaves Who Defeated Napoleon: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-1732-4.