Sephardi financier of London who supplied bread and wagons to the armies of William III and the Duke of Marlborough. In 1700 he became the first Jew knighted in England. He was a member of the Bevis Marks congregation in its early years.
Army contractor and financier · c. 1650–1730
Sephardi financier of London who supplied bread and wagons to the armies of William III and the Duke of Marlborough. In 1700 he became the first Jew knighted in England. He was a member of the Bevis Marks congregation in its early years.
