Levy Barent Cohen

Levy Barent Cohen (1747 – 1808) was a Dutch-born British financier and community worker.

Levy Barent Cohen
Born1747
Died1808
OccupationFinancier
Parent(s)Barent Cohen
RelativesNathan Mayer Rothschild (son-in-law)
Moses Montefiore (son-in-law)

Early life

Levy Barent Cohen was born in Amsterdam in 1747. He was the son of Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant.[1]

Career

Cohen and his brother moved in England had developed a large business in London. He became known as one of the leading merchants of the city.[1]

Personal life

Cohen was naturalized as a British subject in 1798. He was closely involved in a number of Jewish charities and filled successively all the offices of the Duke's Place Synagogue, the principal Ashkenazi synagogue in London.[1]

Through the marriages which his children contracted, including with Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sir Moses Montefiore, nearly all the leading Jewish families in England were connected with him.[1] In addition, his brother's daughter was Nanette Salomons Cohen, the maternal grandmother of both Karl Marx[2] and of Frederik Philips who, with his son Gerard, founded Philips Electronics.[3]

Partial list of descendants

Death

Cohen died in England in 1808.[1]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Cohen, Levy Barent". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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