Willesden Jewish Cemetery
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Willesden Jewish Cemetery in Beaconsfield Road, Willesden, London, NW10, UK opened in 1873. More properly, it is the Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery. Some of the notables persons interred here include:
- Barney Barnato (1852-1897), financier insert in his bio
- Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
- Dudley Joel (1904-1941), businessman, politician, WW II naval officer
- Jim Joel (1895-1992), businessman, racehorse owner
- Alfred Charles de Rothschild (1842-1918), Governor of the Bank of England
- Anthony Nathan de Rothschild (1810-1876)
- Charles Rothschild (1877-1923)
- Charlotte von Rothschild (1819-1884)
- Hannah Rothschild, Countess of Rosebery (1851-1890)
- James A. de Rothschild (1878-1957)
- Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917)
- Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868-1937)
- Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879)
- Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942)
- Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874)
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840-1915), banker, politician
- Marcus Samuel (1853-1927), 1st Viscount Bearsted, banker and a founder of Shell Oil Co.
- Simeon Solomon (1840-1905), painter
- Sir Julius Vogel (1835-1899), Prime Minister of New Zealand
See also: List of famous cemeteries
[edit] External links
- Official website with their idea of "a map"
- Aerial photo of Willesden Jewish Cemetery. Other map and aerial photo sources.
