Wolfson family
The Wolfson family is a
Great Universal Stores retail empire and created the Wolfson Foundation.[1]
The family is of
GUS, was eventually demerged into Home Retail Group, which included Argos and Homebase, and credit company Experian.[2] Other businesses led or controlled by family members include the retailers Burberry and Next, and the pharmaceutical company Shaklee.[3][4]
History
Family patriarch Solomon Wolfson immigrated from
Philanthropy
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Wolfson Medical School
A family descended from devout
U.K., including the founding endowments for Wolfson College, Oxford and Wolfson College, Cambridge. The Foundation also operates the Wolfson History Prize.[6] The Wolfson Economics Prize is individually sponsored by Simon Wolfson
.
Through the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust and various forms of personal giving, the family have also been among Israel's earliest and most significant supporters, as well as major supporters of Jewish life in Britain and New York. In
Titles and honours
Created in 1962, the
honours for their charitable services.[5]
Family tree
- Solomon Wolfson J.P. (1868–1941), immigrated from Polish-Russia to Scotland, he is the namesake of Heichal Shlomo; m. Nechi Williamowsky/Wilamowski[5]
- Samuel Wolfson (1896–1973), emigrated to Israel
- Rabbi Aviezer Wolfson
- Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet (1897–1991), m. Edith Specterman
- GUS and the Wolfson Foundation; m. Ruth Sterling and had four children and then married to Estelle Jackson
- Michael Green and then Gilbert de Botton[5]
- Rebecca Green (1974–)
- Catherine Green (1976–)
- Hon. Laura Wolfson (1954–), chairman of the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust; m. Barry Townsley[5]
- Alexandra Townsley (1977–)
- Georgina Townsley (1979–)
- Charles Townsley (1984–)
- Isabella Townsley (1994–)
- Hon. Deborah Wolfson Davis (1959–), screenwriter of The Favourite; m. Glen Davis[9]
- Hon. Elizabeth Wolfson (1966–), m. Daniel Peltz OBE[5]
- Max Peltz
- Francesca Peltz (1992–)
- Charles Wolfson (1899–1970), president and later chairman of G.U.S. Canada; m. Hylda Jarvis
- Jane Wolfson, international board chairman of Bar-Ilan University; m. Jerome Stern and then Dr. Don Lebell[7]
- Baroness Rawlings(they divorced with no children) and then Susan Davis
- Simon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise (1967–), chief executive of Next and founder of the Wolfson Economics Prize; m. Eleanor Shawcross, economic advisor to George Osborne and daughter of biographer William Shawcross[3]
- Hon. Andrew Wolfson (1969–)
- Lily Wolfson (2007–)
- Hon. Deborah Wolfson (1973–)[5]
- Jeannie Wolfson (1901–1974), m. Max Williams
- Edith Wolfson (1902–1997), m. Esmond Barnett of London and then Ralph Hyman of New York[8]
- Adele Barnett (1931–2023), m. Howard Suslak, president of McDonald & Co.
- Victor Barnett (1933–), chairman of Burberry, executive director of GUS and Experian; m. Helaine M. Barnett[10]
- Craig Barnett (1962–), Wall Street investment banker; m. Jennifer Peck, daughter of investor and philanthropist Stephen M. Peck
- Gabriel Barnett[11]
- Roger Barnett (1964–), CEO of Shaklee; m. Sloan Lindemann, daughter of businessman George Lindemann Sr.
- Spencer Barnett (2000–)[12]
- Craig Barnett (1962–), Wall Street investment banker; m. Jennifer Peck, daughter of investor and philanthropist Stephen M. Peck
- Rose Wolfson (1904–2003), m. Samuel Martyn of London[5]
- Eva Wolfson, m. Samuel Gerber[5]
- Esther Wolfson, m. Joe Levy[5]
- Bette Wolfson (1911–1993), m. Harold Schapiro of New York[5]
- Stuart Schapiro
- Gerald Schapiro
- Dolly Wolfson (1913–1999), m. Joe Jacobson and then Robert Raisler of New York[5]
- Steven Jacobson (1944–), m. Lynn Kaplan[5]
- Hannah "Bebe" Wolfson, Lady Foley (1917–2015), m. Jack Steinberg of London and then Adrian Foley, 8th Baron Foley[14]
- Raymonde Steinberg, m. Ian Jay[5]
- Kathrine Steinberg, m. Baron Jean-Louis de Gunzburg, a great-great-grandson of the first Baron Günzburg[5]
- Samuel Wolfson (1896–1973), emigrated to Israel
See also
- UCL Wolfson Institute
- Wolfson Medical School
- Wolfson Stadium, South Africa
- Wolfson Research Exchange
- Wolfson Centre for Magnetics
- Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre
- Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre
- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases
- Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre
- Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine
- Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship
References
- ^ S2CID 56548439.
- ^ Davidson R (March 28, 2006). "GUS to demerge Experian and Argos". Guardian News & Media.
- ^ a b "Millionaire in a cheap suit: Next CEO Simon Wolfson has big plans for London". Evening Standard. 25 February 2014.
- ^ Gunther M. "Green before green was cool". New York (Fortune).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Burke's Peerage 2003, p. 4230.
- ^ "Wolfson Foundations Unparalleled 60 Year Impact". June 29, 1959.
- ^ a b "Stern Jerome". The New York Times. April 1, 2017.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- ^ Tangcay J (November 5, 2018). "Deborah Davis Talks To Awards Daily About The Favourite's Twenty Year Journey To The Big Screen". AwardsDaily.
- ^ "Victor J. Barnett Marries Helaine Phyllis Meresman". The New York Times. June 29, 1959.
- ^ "Deaths MERESMAN, HARRY". The New York Times. March 5, 1999.
- ^ La Feria R (April 22, 2007). "Eco-Socialites Make Cleaning Green a Priority". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Tessler G (December 22, 2018). "Obituary: Herman Martyn, MBE". The Jewish Chronicle.
- ^ "FOLEY - Death Announcements". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
Bibliography
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th ed.). 3 volumes.