Jacob Levi Montefiore

Jacob Levi Montefiore (11 January 1819 – 24 January 1885) was a businessman, financier, writer and politician in New South Wales, Australia.

Not to be confused with Jacob Barrow Montefiore.

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
  1. "Descendants of Pedro De Lousada: Tenth Generation(Continued)". The Baruch Lousadas and the Barrows. 21 February 1933. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. "Mr Jacob Levi Montefiore (1819–1885)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. 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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