Jacob Levi Montefiore
Jacob Levi Montefiore (11 January 1819 – 24 January 1885) was a businessman, financier, writer and politician in New South Wales, Australia.
He was born at Bridgetown in Barbados to merchant Isaac Jacob Levi[1] and his wife Esther Hannah Montefiore, who was related to Sir Moses Montefiore and the Rothschilds.[2] The children adopted their mother's surname, including Jacob's younger brother Eliezer Levi Montefiore.[3]
In New South Wales he was a squatter and trader. On 9 July 1851 he married Caroline Antonine Gerardine Louyet in London. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1856 to 1860 and again from 1874 to 1877; between that time he was Belgian Consul from 1863. He also published works on economic theory, was chairman of a number of mining companies, campaigned for free trade, and composed the libretto for the opera Don John of Austria with music by Isaac Nathan. Montefiore died in London in 1885.[4]
He was a nephew of Jacob Barrow Montefiore and Joseph Barrow Montefiore.[5]
References
- ^ "Descendants of Pedro De Lousada: Tenth Generation(Continued)". The Baruch Lousadas and the Barrows. 21 February 1933. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Rutledge, Martha. "Montefiore, Jacob Levi (1819–1885)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. ANU. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, (MUP), 1974
- ^ Bergman, G.F.J. "Montefiore, Eliezer Levi (1820–1894)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. ANU. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, (MUP), 1974
- ^ "Mr Jacob Levi Montefiore (1819–1885)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ Getzler, Israel. "Joseph Barrow Montefiore". Australian Dictionary of Biography. ANU Press. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, (MUP), 1967
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