Francis Henry Goldsmid Vanity Fair 7 December 1872

The Goldsmid Baronetcy, of St John's Lodge in the County of Surrey, was a title in the

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. It was created on 15 October 1841 for

Isaac Goldsmid Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st Baronet (13 January 1778 – 27 April 1859) was a financier and one of the leading figures in the Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom, who became the first British Jew to receive a hereditary title. Biography ...

, a financier and one of the leading figures in the

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in the United Kingdom. He was the first

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to be created a baronet. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a barrister and sat as

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for

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. He was childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baronet. He was a barrister, businessman and

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politician. Goldsmid had eight daughters but no sons and on his death in 1896 the title became extinct.

Goldsmid baronets, of St John's Lodge (1841)

* Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st Baronet (1778–1859) * Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet (1808–1878) *

Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet, DL, JP (8 October 1838 – 7 January 1896) was a British lawyer, businessman and Liberal (later Liberal Unionist) politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1866 and 1896. Background and early life G ...

(1838–1896)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsmid Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Goldsmid baronets, of St John's Lodge (1841)

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