Dudley Joel
Dudley Joel | |
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| Member of Parliament for Dudley | |
| In office 27 October 1931 – 28 May 1941 | |
| Preceded by | The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley |
| Succeeded by | Cyril Lloyd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dudley Jack Barnato Joel 26 April 1904 London, England |
| Died | 28 May 1941 (aged 37) HMS Registan, Atlantic Ocean |
| Resting place | Willesden Jewish Cemetery |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Esme Oldham (m. 1936) |
| Parent(s) | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
Dudley Jack Barnato Joel (26 April 1904 – 28 May 1941) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.
Part of the wealthy and prominent Joel family, he was the son of businessman Solomon Barnato Joel and his wife Ellen (Nellie) Ridle; he was married to Esme Oldham.
Heavily involved in
Thoroughbred horse racing, in 1922, his father purchased Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket from the estate of Sir Ernest Cassel. On his father's death in 1931, Dudley Joel inherited
the property.
In the
Second World War, he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and was killed in action on 28 May 1941 when the steam merchant HMS Registan was bombed by German aircraft off Cape Cornwall.[1]
Joel is buried in the family plot at the Willesden Jewish Cemetery in London.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Joel, Dudley Jack Bernarto". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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