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Henry Edward (Tsebi Hirsch) Goldsmid, birth 9 May 1812 LONDON, ENGLAND, died 3 Jan 1855 CAIRO, buried London, Willesden Jewish Cemetery, occupation: civil servant in India, son of Edward Moses (Eli) Goldsmid and Rose (Rezla) Elias Hannover Indian civil servant; born in London May 9, 1812; died at Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 3, 1855. He entered the service of the East India Company in 1832, and three years later became assistant revenue commissioner for Bombay. While occupying this post he de vised therevenue survey and assessment system, Puna being included in its organization. "Goldsmid's Survey," as it was called, was a great boon to the poor agriculturists of the presidency; and it was permanently established by the Bombay legislat ure in 1865. It was incorporated in the Bombay revenue code of 1879, and was also adopted by the Berars and the native state of Mysore. Goldsmid's health broke down owing to his incessant labors; and after holding the positions of private secretary and chief secretary to the governor of Bombay, he went to Cairo, where he died. Ten years later a memorial rest-house was erecte d by public subscription at Decksal, near the place where Goldsmid's survey had commenced. Married 1845 LONDON, ENGLAND to: Jessie Sarah Goldsmid, birth 1816 Tenby Wells, Pembrokershire, died 1888, daughter of Lionel Prager Goldsmid and Eliza Frances Campbell |
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1) Albert Edward Williamson Goldsmid, birth 8 Oct 1846 Poona, Bombay, India, died 26 Mar 1904 Paris, France A friend of Theodore Herzl Colonel in the British army; born at Puna, Bombay, Oct. 6, 1846; son of Henry Edward Goldsmid. In June, 1866, he was gazetted from Sandhurst, England, to his first commission in the 104th Foot of the Bengal Fusiliers. He became adjutant of battali on in 1871, captain in May, 1878, major in 1883, lieutenant-colonel in 1888, and colonel on April 21, 1894. In 1892 Colonel Goldsmid was selected by Baron de Hirsch to supervise the colonies in Argentina, but retired from the task to take up hi s appointment as colonel-in-command of the Welsh regimental district at Cardiff in 1894. In 1897 he was promoted chief of staff, with the grade of assistant adjutant-general in the Thames district. At the departure of the Aldershot staff with Si r Redvers Buller in the conflict with the Boers in 1899, he acted as chief staff-officer at the camp at Aldershot, and was entrusted with the duties of mobilization. In Dec., 1899, when the sixth division of the South-African field force was mobil ized, Goldsmid was selected as chief staff-officer to General Kelly-Kenny with the grade of assistant adjutant-general, and in that capacity was present at the battle of Paardeberg. Duringthe earlier stages of the war he was commandant of the Oran ge River, Herbert, and Hay districts, 1900. Colonel Goldsmid is an ardent Zionist, and is chief of the Chovevei Zion of Great Britain and Ireland. The success of the Jewish Lads' Brigade in London and the provinces is mainly due to Goldsmid's initiative. In 1903 he became president of th e Maccabeans, of which he had been one of the founders. Married 1879 to: Ida Stewart Hendriks, birth 30 Jun 1859, died 7 Feb 1929, daughter of Frederick Hendriks and Hortense Campbell Littler |
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2) Bartle George Goldsmid, birth 1848 Cape Town, South Africa, died 1938
Married 1874 to: Amy B Reynolds, birth 1855 MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND |
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3) Frederic Lestock Goldsmid, birth 31 May 1850
Married 1877 to: Emma Blanche Harrison, died 1927 |
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4) Arthur Powys U. Goldsmid, birth 13 Feb 1852 MARYLEBORNE, LONDON, died 27 Sep 1894
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Marion Beyer, birth 1853 BARNET HERTFORDS |
| 5) Frances Caroline Elphinstone Goldsmid, birth 1855 Bombay, India, died 9 Oct 1894 |