Willesden Jewish Cemetery

Willesden Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery for Jews in Beaconsfield Road, Willesden, London Borough of Brent. It opened in 1873 on a 20-acre (0.08 km²) site. More properly, it is the Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery.

Notable burials

Some of the notable persons interred here include:

• Asher Asher (1837–1889), first Scottish Jew to enter the medical profession. In London, he was secretary of its Great Synagogue, and then the first secretary of the United Synagogue.
• Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
• Barney Barnato (1852-1897), financier
• Dudley Joel (1904-1941), businessman, politician, World War II naval officer
• Jim Joel (1895-1992), businessman, racehorse owner
• Alfred Charles de Rothschild (1842-1918), Governor of the Bank of England
• Anthony Nathan de Rothschild (1810-1876)
• Charles Rothschild (1877-1923)
• Charlotte von Rothschild (1819-1884)
• Hannah Rothschild, Countess of Rosebery (1851-1890)
• James A. de Rothschild (1878-1957)
• Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917)
• Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868-1937)
• Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879)
• Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942)
• Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874)
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840-1915), banker, politician
• Marcus Samuel (1853-1927), 1st Viscount Bearsted, banker and a founder of Shell Oil Co.
• Sir Albert Sassoon
• Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, of Kensington Gore
• Conchita Supervía (1895-1936), Spanish mezzo-soprano.
• Simeon Solomon (1840-1905), painter
• Sir Julius Vogel (1835-1899), Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Giulia Warwick (1857 - 1904), opera singer

External links

• Official website
• Aerial photo of Willesden Jewish Cemetery. Other map and aerial photo sources.