David Salomons
Sir David Salomons Francis Moon | |
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| Succeeded by | Thomas Finnis |
| Member of Parliament for Greenwich | |
| In office 1859–1873 | |
| Preceded by | Sir William Codrington John Townsend |
| Succeeded by | William Ewart Gladstone Thomas Boord |
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| Born | 22 November 1797 London, Great Britain |
| Died | 18 July 1873 (aged 75) |
| Resting place | West Ham Jewish Cemetery |
| Political party | Radicals (1851–1859) Liberal (1859–1873) |
Sir David Salomons, 1st Baronet (22 November 1797 – 18 July 1873), was a leading figure in the 19th century struggle for
Early life
Born in
In 1835 he was elected as
In December 1835, Salomons was elected as an Alderman of the City of London, but again faced an unacceptable oath, and on this occasion the law was not changed. Salomons was disqualified, but was re-elected in 1847, after the Religious Opinions Relief Act had amended the oath. In 1855, the Aldermen elected him as Lord Mayor of London.
In the meantime, he trained as a lawyer and was called to the bar in 1849, though he did not practise as a barrister. However, he was the first Jewish magistrate in England. In 1847 he served on the committee of the British Relief Association.
Parliament
In 1851, he stood as a Liberal candidate at a by-election in the Greenwich constituency, and on 28 June he was elected as one of the constituency's two Members of Parliament (MPs). He had previously been defeated in the 1847 general election.
He was not permitted to serve in the
He was asked to withdraw, and did so on the second request, but he returned three days later, on 21 July 1851. In the debate that followed, Salomons defended his presence on grounds of having been elected by a large majority, but was eventually removed by the
When the law was eventually changed in 1858, Lionel de Rothschild became the first Jewish MP to legally take his seat, having been elected in 1857. In the 1859 general election, David Salomons was re-elected for Greenwich and served as the constituency's MP until his death in 1873.
His country house Broomhill north of Tunbridge Wells is now preserved as the Salomons Museum.
Family
Salomons married in 1825 Jeanette, daughter of Solomon Cohen of
He died on 18 July 1873, and is buried in the
See also
- Emancipation of the Jews in England
- Lionel de Rothschild
References
- ^ "History of the Mayoralty". City of London. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ^ [1] Archived 30 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 23544". The London Gazette. 8 October 1869. p. 5446.
- Hyamson, Albert Montefiore (1939) David Salomons Methuen, London;
- Burke's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Salomons
- Portraits of Sir David Salomons, Bt at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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