Nathaniel Montefiore

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Nathaniel Montefiore, birth 24 Sep 1819 Coldeast, Hampshire, died 28 Mar 1883 London, Portman Square, death cause: Nathanile caught cold at the funeral he attended in Berlin and never recovered, buried 30 Mar 1883 Ball Pond Cemetery, occupation: Surgeon, son of Abraham Joseph Montefiore and Henrietta Rothschild
He trained at Guy's Hospital, but never practised as a GP. Instead he helped the inmates of Beth Holim Hospital in Mile End, where he was also the treasurer. He was warden of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' synagogue, President of the Gates of Ho pe School, President of the Jews' Emigration Society and President of the Infant School amongst other roles. He was very wealthy and charitable.
Married JunE 1850 LONDON, ENGLAND to:
Emma Lyon Goldsmid, birth 22 Aug 1819 LONDON, ENGLAND, died 13 Apr 1902 LONDON, ENGLAND, daughter of Isaac Lyon (Isaac Ari) Goldsmid and Isabel (Beila) Goldsmid

1) Charlotte Rosalind Montefiore, birth 1850 Coldeast, Hampshire
Married 11 Sep 1884 to:
Lewis MacIver, birth 6 Mar 1846, died 30 Jul 1897 Dover
1st BARONET
Indian Civil Service
Barrister, MP 1885-86 Dover

2) Alice Julia Montefiore, birth 1852 Paddington, London
Married 24 Apr 1873 LONDON, ENGLAND to:
Henry Lucas, birth 1842 MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, died 5 Nov 1910, occupation: Barrister at Law

3) Leonard Abraham Montefiore, birth 4 May 1853 LONDON, ENGLAND, died 6 Sep 1879 Newport, Rhode Island, USA
English author and philanthropist; brother of Claude G. Montefiore; born in London May 4, 1853; died at Newport Sept. 6, 1879; educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he came under the influence of Jowett, T. H. Green, and of his fellow studen t Arnold Toynbee. Even before he left college he had contributed to some of the principal periodicals, as "The Nineteenth Century" and "The Fortnightly Review," and was at the time of his death devoting himself to the study of the German struggl e for emancipation, on which he published some preliminary essays. Montefiore was associated with many philanthropic movements, especially with the movement for women's emancipation. His "Literary Remains" were privately printed by his family afte r his death (1880).

4) Claude Joseph Goldsmid-Montefiore, birth 6 Jun 1858 LONDON, ENGLAND, died 9 Jul 1938 London, Portman Square
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Married 12 Oct 1886 London, West London Synagogue Maryleborne to:
Therese Alice Schorstein, birth 27 Aug 1864 FRANCE, died 10 Jun 1889, buried Ball Pond Cemetery, daughter of Lazar Schorstein and NN NN
English scholar and philanthropist; younger son of Nathaniel Montefiore; born in 1858. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained a first class in the classical final examination, and where he came under the influence of Jowet t and T. H. Green. Intended originally for the ministry of the Reform congregation of England, he studied theology in Berlin, but finding himself unable to sympathize with the arrest of the Reform Movement, he devoted himself instead to scholarl y and philanthropic pursuits. He nevertheless continued to be a spiritual teacher and preacher, though in a lay capacity, and published a volume of sermons, in conjunction with Israel Abrahams, entitled "Aspects of Judaism" (London, 1894). In 188 6 he was selected by the Hibbert trustees to deliver the Hibbert course of lectures for 1892 ("The Origin of Religion as Illustrated by the Ancient Hebrews"). In these lectures Montefiore made a permanent contribution to the science of theology . In 1896 he published the first volume of his "Bible for Home Reading," forming a commentary on the Bible with moral reflections from the standpoint of the "higher criticism"; the second volume appeared in 1899. In 1890 Montefiore founded and edi ted, in conjunction with Israel Abrahams, the "Jewish Quarterly Review," a journal that stood on the very highest level of contemporary Jewish scholarship, and in which numerous contributions from his pen have appeared.

Montefiore is one of the leading authorities on questions of education; he was for some time a member of the School Board for London, and he is (1904) president of the Froebel Society and the Jews' Infant School, London, and a member of numerou s other educational bodies. Montefiore has been mainly instrumental in enabling Jewish pupil teachers at elementary schools to enjoy the advantages of training in classes held for the purpose at the universities; he is on the council of Jews' Coll ege and of the Jewish Religious Education Board. He ranks as one of the leading philanthropists in the Anglo-Jewish community and holds office in various important bodies. He was elected president of the Anglo-Jewish Association in 1895, an d he is a prominent member of the Council of the Jewish Colonization Association.

Montefiore has shown great sympathy with all liberal tendencies in Jewish religious movements in London and is president of the recently formed Jewish Religious Union. He was president of the Jewish Historical Society in 1899-1900.

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