Levy Barent Cohen
Levy Barent Cohen | |
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Born | 1740s |
Died | 1808 |
Occupation | Financier |
Parent(s) | Barent Cohen |
Relatives | Nathan Mayer Rothschild (son-in-law) Moses Montefiore (son-in-law) |
Levy Barent Cohen (1740s – 1808) was an English financier and communal worker.
Early life
Levy Barent Cohen was born in the 1740s. He was the son of Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant of Amsterdam.
Career
Cohen moved to England with his brother. By 1778, Cohen had developed a large business in London. He became known as one of the leading merchants of the city.
Personal life
Cohen was naturalized as a British subject in 1798. Through the distinguished marriages which his children contracted, nearly all the leading Jewish families in England were connected with him. His daughter Hannah became the wife of Nathan Mayer Rothschild; the second daughter, Judith, married Moses Montefiore; the third daughter, Jessie, married Myer Davidson.
Death
Cohen died in 1808.
References
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