Willesden Jewish Cemetery London Borough of Brent

By ngairedith May 27, 2011 3018 views 0 comments

the 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

Some of the notable persons interred there are:
- see above link for more info on each person -

  • 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.


*I 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

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