Business and the professions List of British Jews

1 business , professions

1.1 civil service
1.2 finance
1.3 law
1.4 manufacturing
1.5 media
1.6 military
1.7 property
1.8 retail

business , professions
civil service

abraham manie adelstein, government statistician
sir hermann bondi, chief scientific adviser ministry of defence , department of energy
sir andrew cohen, colonial administrator
eugene grebenik, first head of civil service college
hans kronberger, nuclear physicist
sir alan marre, second permanent secretary, health; later parliamentary commissioner administration
sir claus moser, lord moser, government statistician

finance

sir ernest cassel, banker
sir ronald cohen, egypt-born businessman , labour party supporter
moses da costa, called anthony da costa
abraham , benjamin goldsmid, brothers, leading financiers , philanthropists
sir isaac lyon goldsmid, financier, leading figure in jewish emancipation , in foundation of university college london
sir james goldsmith
dudley joel, financier
solomon joel, financier
lord levene of portsoken, peter keith levene, chairman of lloyd s of london, lord mayor of london (1998–1999)
aaron of lincoln, 12th-century financier
moses haim montefiore, financier , philanthropist
n m rothschild & sons

nathan mayer rothschild, financier , banker


joseph salvador, first jewish director of british east india company
barons swaythling, bankers
samuel montagu, 1st baron swaythling

law

desmond ackner, baron ackner, law lord
sir john balcombe, lord justice of appeal
judah p. benjamin, american exile, lawyer
herbert bentwich, lawyer , zionist leader
norman bentwich, lawyer , attorney-general of palestine; son of herbert benwitch
his honour gerald butler, q.c., judge
alex carlile, baron carlile of berriew, liberal democrats
arthur cohen, qc , politician
lionel cohen, baron cohen, lord of appeal
myrella cohen, judge, qc , agunah campaigner
lawrence collins, baron collins of mapesbury, justice of supreme court of united kingdom
hazel cosgrove, lady cosgrove, scottish queen s counsel , sheriff
david daube, professor of law
sir morris finer, judge
dame hazel genn
sir francis henry goldsmid, mp reading, first jewish barrister (q.c. 1858)
sir david lionel goldsmid-stern-salomons, barrister
peter goldsmith, baron goldsmith, attorney general
arthur lehman goodhart, jurist
william goodhart, baron goodhart, human rights lawyer , politician (son of arthur goodhart)
arnold goodman, baron goodman, solicitor
dame rose heilbron, britain s first female q.c., judge
rosalyn higgins, president of international court of justice
leonard hoffmann, baron hoffmann, law lord
rufus isaacs, 1st marquess of reading, lawyer , politician
sir george jessel, solicitor general england , wales, later master of rolls
anthony julius, prominent lawyer princess diana, , against david irving
sir otto kahn-freund, professor of law
neville laski, judge
hersch lauterpacht
sir brian leveson, lord justice of appeal
leone levi, barrister , statistician
george henry lewis, solicitor
gavin lightman, judge; son of harold lightman
harold lightman, barrister, father of gavin lightman , stafford lightman
sir alan mocatta, judge
victor mishcon, baron mishcon, solicitor
david neuberger, baron neuberger of abbotsbury, justice of supreme court of united kingdom; son of albert neuberger, brother of james neuberger , michael neuberger, , brother-in-law of julia neuberger
david pearl, judge
nicholas phillips, baron phillips of worth matravers, president of supreme court of united kingdom
sir bernard rix, lord justice of appeal (2000–)
leonard sainer, solicitor , retailer
fiona shackleton, solicitor has acted royal family , paul mccartney
lewis silkin, 1st baron silkin, solicitor
linda joy stern, q.c., prosecutor , judge
julius stone
eldred tabachnik, q.c., former president of board of deputies of british jews
peter taylor, baron taylor of gosforth, q.c., former lord chief justice
harry woolf, baron woolf, former lord chief justice, q.c., former master of rolls
michael zander, q.c., solicitor , academic
adrian zuckerman, professor of civil procedure, university of oxford

manufacturing

sir leon bagrit, pioneer of automation
sir monty finniston, industrialist
david gestetner, inventor
joseph kagan, baron kagan, clothes manufacturer , disgraced friend of prime minister harold wilson
sir emmanuel kaye, industrialist , philanthropist
lord alan sugar, founder , chairman of amstrad (1968–2007)
sir robert waley-cohen, industrialist
arnold weinstock, lord weinstock, chairman of gec

media

rachel beer, newspaper editor
sidney bernstein, cinema owner
benjamin cohen, channel 4 news reporter , presenter
richard desmond, publisher, chairman of daily express group
andré deutsch
lew grade, founder of atv
michael grade, chairman of itv
michael green, founder of carlton television
miles jacobson obe, owner , founder of sports interactive , inventor of football manager
sydney jacobson, newspaper editor
natasha kaplinsky, newsreader, tv presenter
nigella lawson, television chef, daughter of nigel lawson
joseph moses levy, owner of daily telegraph
edward levy-lawson, 1st baron burnham, newspaper proprietor
robert maxwell, publisher
suzy menkes, fashion journalist
paul reuter, founder of reuters
gail rebuck, publisher [www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-gail-warning-1154352.html]
rachel riley, television presenter , co-host of countdown
jacob rothschild, 4th baron rothschild, non-executive deputy chairman of board, british sky broadcasting group plc
maurice saatchi, baron saatchi , charles saatchi, founders of saatchi , saatchi
martin sorrell, founder of wpp group
george weidenfeld, publisher
claudia winkleman, television presenter, columnist, radio host

military

sir edward brampton, godson of king edward iv, knight , commander during war of roses
peter george davis, dsc, royal marine, founder of modern sbs
frank alexander de pass, world war british indian army victoria cross recipient
albert goldsmid, colonel
frederick john goldsmid, general
thomas william gould, world war ii royal navy victoria cross recipient
john patrick kenneally, world war ii british army victoria cross recipient (jewish father)
issy smith, world war british army victoria cross recipient
peter stevens, world war ii bomber pilot/pow , recipient of military cross numerous escape activities; german-jewish refugee living in london @ outbreak of hostilities; born georg franz hein in hanover; committed identity theft in order join raf; naturalized british citizen in 1946
wing commander roland robert stanford tuck, dso, dfc , 2 bars, afc (1916-1987), raf fighter pilot, battle of britain , battle of france (27 air-to-air kills), english electric canberra test pilot
jack white, world war british army victoria cross recipient

property

jack cotton, property developer
poju zabludowicz, owner of tamares group

retail

david alliance, baron alliance, businessman , liberal democrat politician
sir victor blank, chairman of gus
sir montague burton, retailer
sir charles clore, owner of selfridges
jack cohen, founder of tesco
ralph , david gold, founders of ann summers , co-owners of birmingham city football club
sir philip green, owner of bhs, arcadia group
irene howard, english costume designer; sister of actor leslie howard
stanley kalms, baron kalms of edgware, life president of dixons group plc
bernard lewis, founder of river island
david lewis, department store founder
michael marks, co-founder of marks & spencer (born in poland)
simon marks, chairman of marks & spencer
gerald ratner, chairman of ratners group
gerald ronson, business tycoon , philanthropist
marcus samuel, founder of shell transport , trading company
israel sieff, chairman of marks & spencer
joseph stillitz, founder , chairman of gor-ray
lord alan sugar, founder of amstrad , star of apprentice (uk)
isaac wolfson, founder of gus plc; philanthropist




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