Individuals of Historic Jewish Hampshire

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• E. Emanuel
  E. Emanuel ran a jeweller’s business near the Dockyard Gates.
• Herbert Klein
  Herbert Klein was a Jewish employee on the RMS Titantic, who died in the disaster.
• Charles Kennel
  Charles Kennel was a kosher chef onboard the RMS Titanic who died in the disaster.
• Eliezer Gilinsky
  Eliezer Gilinsky was a third-class passenger onboard the RMS Titanic.
• Benjamin Hart
  Benjamin Hart was a second-class passenger onboard the RMS Titanic.
• Esther Hart
  Esther Hart was born in Surrey in 1863. She, her husband Benjamin, and their daughter Eva were passengers on HMS Titanic.
• Eva Hart
  Eva Hart was a passenger on the HMS Titanic.
• Leonard Montefiore
  Leonard Montefiore was a Jewish philantropist and community leader in the first half of the twentieth century.
• Marc Chagall
  Born in Liozna, part of the Russian Empire, Marc Chagall lived in Paris for much of his life before he was forced to leave the city in 1941 due to the Nazi occupation of France.
• Peggy Guggenheim
  American art collector Peggy Guggenheim was known for her impressive collections of surrealist, cubist, and futuristic artwork.
• Alfred Mond
  Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, was born in Lancashire in 1868, to parents of German-Jewish origins.
• Licoricia of Winchester
  Licoricia of Winchester was a remarkable thirteenth-century Jewish financier.
• Moses Benjamin
  A link to Jewish life can be found on HMS Victory in Moses Benjamin.
• Almina Herbert
  Almina Herbet, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon, was the illegitimate daughter of Alfred de Rothschild, the first Jewish Director of the Bank of England, and lived in the historic Highclere Castle.
• Samuel Isaacs
  Hawke Street was the home to Samuel Isaacs, a 19th century Jewish naval agent.
• Mike Barnard
  Barnard has been called "the greatest all-round sportsman the city of Portsmouth has ever produced".
• Emanuel Emanuel
  Emanuel was the first Jewish mayor of Portsmouth, holding office from 1866-1867.
• Charles Dickens
  Portsmouth-born Charles Dickens rose to prominence in the mid-nineteenth century for his short stories, novels, and nonfiction articles. He was also a dedicated campaigner for the rights of children in the workforce, and an advocate for education and social reform.
• Lewis Aria
  Born in Portsea, Aria became a wealthy merchant in Kingston, Jamaica before returning to Hampshire in the mid-nineteenth century, where he would establish the Aria College.