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== British MPs == |
== British MPs == |
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A law in place until the 1850s, no member of the Jewish religion could be elected to Parliament. (Many Christian denominations were similarly prohibited.) If elected, a member would be excluded if they refused to swear an [[oath of abjuration]] with a strong Christian wording. |
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''British Members of Parliament listed chronologically by first election date (in brackets)'' |
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* [[Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley|Sampson Eardley]] (1770-1802) Father was Jewish. Eardley was baptised. Tory MP |
* [[Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley|Sampson Eardley]] (1770-1802) Father was Jewish. Eardley was baptised. Tory MP |
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* [[Manasseh Masseh Lopes]] (1802-1806, 1807-1808, 1812–1819 & 1820-1829) Lopes converted to Christianity in 1802, and later the same year he entered Parliament as a Tory MP |
* [[Manasseh Masseh Lopes]] (1802-1806, 1807-1808, 1812–1819 & 1820-1829) Lopes converted to Christianity in 1802, and later the same year he entered Parliament as a Tory MP |
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* [[Ralph Lopes|Sir Ralph Lopes]] (1814-1819, 1831-1837, 1841-1847 & 1849-1854) Conservative MP |
* [[Ralph Lopes|Sir Ralph Lopes]] (1814-1819, 1831-1837, 1841-1847 & 1849-1854) Conservative MP. Nephew of Manasseh Masseh Lopes. |
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* [[David Ricardo (the younger)]] (1832-1833) Liberal MP |
* [[David Ricardo (the younger)]] (1832-1833) Liberal MP |
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* [[Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield|Benjamin Disraeli]] (1837-1876) [http://www.britannia.com/bios/disraeli.html], Conservative MP and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. Born Jewish but baptised at an early age. |
* [[Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield|Benjamin Disraeli]] (1837-1876) [http://www.britannia.com/bios/disraeli.html], Conservative MP and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. Born Jewish but baptised at an early age. |
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* [[John Lewis Ricardo]] (1841-1862) Liberal MP |
* [[John Lewis Ricardo]] (1841-1862) Liberal MP |
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* [[Lionel de Rothschild]] (1847-1868 - 1869-1874) [https://www.rothschildarchive.org/tools/forprint.asp?doc=/ib/articles/BW4aTimeline], Liberal MP |
* [[Lionel de Rothschild]] (1847-1868 - 1869-1874) [https://www.rothschildarchive.org/tools/forprint.asp?doc=/ib/articles/BW4aTimeline], Liberal MP. Refused to take oath of abjuration |
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* [[David Salomons]] (1851-1852 & 1859-1873) Liberal MP |
* [[David Salomons]] (1851-1852 & 1859-1873) Liberal MP. Refused to take oath of abjuration |
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* [[Massey Lopes|Sir Massey Lopes]] (1857-1885) Conservative MP |
* [[Massey Lopes|Sir Massey Lopes]] (1857-1885) Conservative MP |
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* [[Mayer Amschel de Rothschild]] (1859-1874) Liberal MP |
* [[Mayer Amschel de Rothschild]] (1859-1874) Liberal MP |
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List of British Jewish politicians This list is Jewish people by birth but not necessarily Jewish people by religious belief and declaration, a list that includes people of Jewish descent who served as politicians in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states or who were born in the United Kingdom and had notable political careers abroad.
British MPs
A law in place until the 1850s, no member of the Jewish religion could be elected to Parliament. (Many Christian denominations were similarly prohibited.) If elected, a member would be excluded if they refused to swear an oath of abjuration with a strong Christian wording.
British Members of Parliament listed chronologically by first election date (in brackets)
Pre–1900
- Lord George Gordon (1774-1780) Converted to Judaism
- Sampson Eardley (1770-1802) Father was Jewish. Eardley was baptised. Tory MP
- Manasseh Masseh Lopes (1802-1806, 1807-1808, 1812–1819 & 1820-1829) Lopes converted to Christianity in 1802, and later the same year he entered Parliament as a Tory MP
- Sir Ralph Lopes (1814-1819, 1831-1837, 1841-1847 & 1849-1854) Conservative MP. Nephew of Manasseh Masseh Lopes.
- David Ricardo (the younger) (1832-1833) Liberal MP
- Benjamin Disraeli (1837-1876) [1], Conservative MP and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Born Jewish but baptised at an early age.
- John Lewis Ricardo (1841-1862) Liberal MP
- Lionel de Rothschild (1847-1868 - 1869-1874) [2], Liberal MP. Refused to take oath of abjuration
- David Salomons (1851-1852 & 1859-1873) Liberal MP. Refused to take oath of abjuration
- Sir Massey Lopes (1857-1885) Conservative MP
- Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1859-1874) Liberal MP
- Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid (1860-1878) Liberal MP
- Frederick Goldsmid (1865-1866) Liberal MP
- Nathan Rothschild (1865-1885) Liberal MP
- Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda (1865-1880) Liberal MP
- Sir Julian Goldsmid (1866-1896) Liberal MP
- Sir George Jessel (1868-1873) Liberal MP
- Henry Ludlow (1868-1876) Conservative MP
- John Simon(1868-1888) Liberal MP
- Farrer Herschell (1874-1885) Liberal MP
- Saul Isaac (1874-1880) Conservative MP
- Sir Henry Drummond Wolff (1874-1885) Conservative MP
- Arthur Cohen (1880-1888) Liberal MP
- Henry de Worms (1880-1895) Conservative MP
- Lionel Louis Cohen (1885-1887) Conservative MP
- Samuel Montagu (1885-1900) Liberal MP
- Ferdinand de Rothschild (1885-1898) Liberal and later Liberal Unionist Party MP
- Herbert Jessel (1896-1906 & 1910-1918)
- Sydney Stern (1891-1895) Liberal MP
- Coningsby Disraeli (1892-1906) Conservative MP
- Henry Lopes (1892-1900) Conservative MP
- Gustav Wilhelm Wolff (1892-1910) Conservative MP
- Arthur Strauss (1895-1900 & 1910-1918) Liberal Unionist Party and later Conservative MP
- Walter Rothschild (1899-1910) Liberal Unionist MP
- Edward Sassoon (1899-1912) Liberal Unionist MP
1900–1939
- Stuart Samuel (1900-1916) Liberal MP
- Herbert Samuel (1902-1918 & 1929-1935) Liberal MP and Leader of the Liberal Party
- Rufus Isaacs (1904-1913) Liberal MP
- Sir Arthur Lever (1906-1910 & 1922-1923) Liberal MP
- Sir Maurice Levy (1906-1918) Liberal MP
- Sir Alfred Mond (1906-1928) Liberal and then Conservative MP
- Horatio Myer (1906-1910) Liberal MP
- Edwin Samuel Montagu (1906-1922) Liberal MP
- Harry Primrose (1906-1910) Liberal MP
- Frank Goldsmith (1910-1918) Conservative MP
- Trebitsch Lincoln (1910) Liberal MP
- Neil Primrose (1910-1917) Liberal MP
- Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1910-1923) Conservative MP
- Samuel Samuel (1913-1934) Conservative MP
- Sir Percy Alfred Harris (1916-1918 & 1922-1945) Liberal MP
- Sir Arthur Samuel (1918-1937) Conservative MP
- Maurice Alexander (1922-1923) Liberal MP
- Manny Shinwell (1922-1924, 1928-1931 & 1935-1970) Labour MP
- Leslie Haden-Guest (1923-1927 & 1937-1950) Labour MP
- Leslie Hore-Belisha (1923-1945), Liberal MP and then Liberal National MP
- Henry Mond (1923-1924 & 1929-1931) Liberal and then Conservative MP
- Sir Frank Meyer (1924-1929) Conservative MP
- Harry Louis Nathan (1929-1935 & 1937-1940), Liberal and then Labour MP
- Marion Phillips (1929-1931) Labour MP
- James de Rothschild (1929-1945) Liberal MP
- Arthur Strauss (1929-1931 & 1934-1979) Labour MP
- Sir Alfred Beit (1931-1945) Conservative MP
- Barnett Janner (1931-1935 & 1945-1970) Labour MP[1]
- Dudley Joel (1931-1941) Conservative MP[2]
- Sydney Silverman (1935-1968) Labour MP 1935[3]
- Lewis Silkin (1936-1950) Labour MP[4]
1940–1973
- Herschel Lewis Austin (1945-1950), Labour MP
- John Diamond (1945-1951 & 1957-1970) Labour MP[5]
- Maurice Edelman (1945-1976) Labour MP[6]
- Harold Lever (1945-1979) Labour MP[7]
- Ian Mikardo (1945-1959 & 1964-1987) Labour MP[8]
- Maurice Orbach (1945-1959 & 1964-1979) Labour MP
- Phil Piratin (1945-1950) Communist Party of Great Britain MP[9]
- Samuel Segal (1945-1950) Labour MP
- David Weitzman (1945-1979) Labour MP
- Leslie Lever (1950-1970) Labour MP
- Sir Gerald Nabarro (1950-1973) Conservative MP[10]
- Sir Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid (1955-1974) Conservative MP[11]
- Sir Keith Joseph (1956-1987) Conservative MP[12]
- Sir Philip Goodhart (1957-1992) Conservative MP[13]
- Leo Abse (1958-1987) Labour MP[14]
- Myer Galpern (1959-1979) Labour MP[15]
- John Silkin (1963-1987) Labour MP[16]
- Joel Barnett (1964-1983), Labour MP[17]
- Edmund Dell (1964-1979) Labour MP[18]
- Reginald Freeson (1964-1987), Labour MP[19]
- David Kerr (1964-1970) Labour MP
- Robert Maxwell (1964-1970), Labour MP
- Paul Rose (1964–79) Labour MP
- Samuel Silkin (1964-1983) Labour MP[20]
- Robert Sheldon (1964-2001), Labour MP
- Eric Moonman (1966-1970 & 1974-1979) Labour MP
- Robert Adley [10] (1970-1993) Conservative MP
- Sir Jack d'Avigdor-Goldsmid [21] (1970-1974) Conservative MP
- Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (1970-1987) Conservative MP[22]
- Michael Fidler[23] (1970-1974) Conservative MP
- Geoffrey Finsberg (1970-1992) Conservative MP
- Greville Janner (1970-1997) [24] Labour MP
- Toby Jessel[25] (1970-1997) Conservative MP
- Gerald Kaufman (1970–present),[26] Labour MP
- Sir Anthony Meyer (1970-1997), Conservative MP[27]
- Harold Soref (1970-1974) Conservative MP
- Neville Sandelson (1971-1983) Labour and later Social Democratic Party MP
- Sir Clement Freud (1973-1987)[28] Liberal MP
1974–2000
- Leon Brittan (1974-1988),[29] Conservative MP
- Sir Ivan Lawrence (1974–1997), Conservative MP
- Nigel Lawson (1974-1992), Conservative MP[17]
- Millie Miller (1974-1977)[30] Labour MP
- Sir Malcolm Rifkind (1974-1997 & 2005-2015),[31] Conservative MP
- Anthony Steen (1974-2010) Conservative MP
- Alf Dubs (1979-1987),[32] Labour MP
- Sheila Faith (1979-1983) Conservative MP
- David Winnick (1979–present), Labour MP
- Mark Wolfson (1979-1997) Conservative MP
- Alex Carlile (1983-1997), Liberal and later Liberal Democrats MP
- Harry Cohen (1983-2010),[33] Labour MP
- Edwina Currie (1983-1997),[34] Conservative MP
- Michael Howard (1983-2010),[35] Conservative MP and Leader of the Conservative Party
- Phillip Oppenheim (1983-1997), Conservative MP
- David Sumberg (1983–1997), Conservative MP
- Sir Irvine Patnick (1987-1997) Conservative MP
- Michael Fabricant (1992–present), Conservative MP
- Barbara Roche (1992-2005),[36] Labour MP
- Margaret Hodge (1994–present),[37] Labour MP
- John Bercow (1997–present),[38] Conservative MP and Speaker of the House of Commons
- Peter Bradley (1997-2005) Labour MP
- Louise Ellman (1997–present),[39] Labour MP
- Fabian Hamilton (1997–present),[40] Labour MP
- Evan Harris (1997-2010),[41] Liberal Democrat MP
- Oona King (1997-2005),[42] Labour MP
- Oliver Letwin (1997–present),[43] Conservative MP
- Julian Lewis (1997–present),[44] Conservative MP
- Ivan Lewis (1997–present),[45] Labour MP
- Gillian Merron (1997-2010),[46] Labour MP
2000–present
- Jonathan Djanogly (2001–present), Conservative MP
- Paul Goodman (2001-2010) Conservative MP
- David Miliband (2001-2013) Labour MP
- Lynne Featherstone (2005-2015), Liberal Democrat MP[47]
- Susan Kramer (2005-2010), Liberal Democrat MP
- Ed Miliband (2005–present), Labour MP and former Leader of the Labour Party
- Brooks Newmark (2005-2015) Conservative MP
- Lee Scott (2005-2015),[48] Conservative MP
- Grant Shapps (2005–present), Conservative MP
- Luciana Berger (2010–present),[49] Labour MP
- Michael Ellis (2010–present), Conservative MP
- Robert Halfon (2010–present), Conservative MP
- Zac Goldsmith (2010–2016), Conservative MP
- Dominic Raab (2010–present), Conservative MP
- Julian Huppert (2010-2015) Liberal Democrat MP
- Andrew Percy (2010–present), Conservative MP
- Ruth Smeeth (2015–present), Labour MP
- Lucy Frazer (2015–present), Conservative MP
Peers
- David Alliance, Baron Alliance Liberal Democrats, incumbent
- Irwin Bellow, Baron Bellwin Conservative
- Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham Labour, incumbent
- Max Beloff, Baron Beloff Conservative
- Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil Labour
- Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein Labour
- Alma Birk, Baroness Birk,[50] Labour
- John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley Crossbench, incumbent
- Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech Crossbench, incumbent
- Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont Labour
- Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen Crossbench
- Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, Conservative, incumbent
- Basil Feldman, Baron Feldman Conservative, incumbent
- Lynne Featherstone, Baroness Liberal Democrats, incumbent
- Daniel Finkelstein, Baron Finkelstein Conservative, incumbent
- Samuel Fisher, Baron Fisher of Camden Labour
- David Freud, Baron Freud, Conservative, incumbent
- Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead Crossbench
- Dora Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell Labour
- Anna Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell,[50] Labour
- Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, Labour
- Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman Labour, incumbent
- David Gold, Baron Gold Conservative, incumbent
- Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith,[51][52] Labour, incumbent
- Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman,[53] Labour
- Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner Labour, incumbent
- Desmond Hirshfield, Baron Hirshfield Labour
- Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading Conservative
- Sydney Jacobson, Baron Jacobson, Crossbench [54]
- Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits Crossbench
- Peter Levene, Baron Levene of Portsoken Crossbench, incumbent
- Michael Levy, Baron Levy[55] Labour, incumbent
- Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham, Crossbench
- Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn, Crossbench
- Jonathan Kestenbaum, Baron Kestenbaum, Labour, incumbent
- Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft, Conservative
- Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, Conservative, incumbent
- Peter Mandelson, Lord, Labour, incumbent
- Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett, Labour, incumbent
- Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon, Labour
- Roger Nathan, 2nd Baron Nathan, Crossbench
- Julia Neuberger, Baroness, Crossbench, incumbent
- David Pannick, Lord Crossbench, incumbent
- Maurice Peston, Baron Peston of Mile End ,[56] Labour
- Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer,[50] Labour
- Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild Labour
- Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted Conservative
- Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted Conservative
- Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota,[50] Labour
- Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham Conservative
- Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg Conservative
- Alan Sugar, Baron Sugar, Labour, incumbent
- David Triesman, Baron Triesman Labour, incumbent
- Leslie Turnberg, Baron Turnberg, Labour, incumbent
- Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson[17] Conservative
- Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf,[57] Crossbench, incumbent
- David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, Conservative, incumbent
See also
Bibliography
- JYB = Jewish Year Book (annual)
References
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "Jewish leader"
- ^ Jewish Chronicle July 25, 1941, p.12, "Jews in the Navy"
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "of Jewish parentage"
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica vol 14 cols 1539-1540
- ^ The Independent (London), 06/04/04
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "son of Jews who had emigrated from eastern Europe"
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950809/ai_n13999432
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- ^ Friend or foe? The impact of the war on race relations in the UK at the Wayback Machine (archived June 21, 2007)
- ^ a b Guardian, Saturday October 23, 1999
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "Harry, as he was always called, united both in blood as well as name the vitality, attitudes, and temperaments of two Jewish banking dynasties"
- ^ JYB 1988 p192, 227
- ^ Flade, Roland. The Lehmans: From Rimpar to the New World: A Family History, 2nd Enlarged Ed., 1999; reviewed by the American Jewish Historical Society. Accessed 14 Nov 2006.
- ^ http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/community/wales/How_Greeners_came_to_the_valley.htm
- ^ http://www.zoominfo.com/people/galpern_myer_200261688.aspx
- ^ JYB 1986 p186, 269
- ^ a b c JYB 2005 p212
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,258907,00.html
- ^ JYB 2005 p212, 241-2
- ^ JYB 1986 p185, 269-70
- ^ American Jewish Year Book, 1989
- ^ JYB 2005 p. 212, 282-3
- ^ Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, September 8, 1989, p.18
- ^ http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/eu-israel_affairs/5137
- ^ "Sir George Jessel". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
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- ^ Jewish Chronicle, October 18, 1974, p.5: List of Jewish MPs
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- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-20962123
- ^ a b c d Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Politics: "Four women were among the first ten Jews to be made life peers: Dora Gaitskell, Beatrice Serota, Alma Birk and Beatrice Plummer"
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- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "the only son and elder child of Samuel and Anna Jacobson, a Jewish couple"
- ^ JYB 2005 p212, 270
- ^ http://www.thejc.com/articles/robert-peston-the-bbc-reporter-who-means-business
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2995692.stm