The Joel family of England was headed by three brothers, Jack, Woolf and Solomon, who made a fortune in diamond and gold mining in South Africa. Their father was Joel Joel (1836–1893) and their mother Catherine "Kate" Joel ''née'' Isaacs (1840–1917), a sister of Barnett Isaacs, later known as

Barney Barnato Barney Barnato (21 February 1851 – 14 June 1897), born Barnet Isaacs, was a British Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later, gold mining in South Africa from the 1870s up to World War I. He is perha ...

. As well as being prominent

Randlord Randlords were the capitalists who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the 1870s up to World War I. A small number of European financiers, largely of the same generation, gained control of th ...

s, several of the Joel family became widely known in

thoroughbred horse racing Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in t ...

as owner/breeders of numerous winners of

British Classic Races The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own ...

The Joel brothers

Jack Barnato Joel Isaac "Jack" Barnato Joel (29 September 1862 – 13 November 1940) was a South African mining magnate and a champion horse breeder. Early life Isaac Barnato Joel was born on 29 September 1862 into a Jewish family, being one of three sons of Jo ...

(1862–1940), mining magnate, Chairman of Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd (from 1931),

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racehorse owner/breeder married to Olive Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937), daughter of

Thomas Sopwith Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was an English aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman. Early life Sopwith was born in Kensington, London, on 18 January 1888. He was the eig ...

. * Woolf Barnato Joel (1863–1898), South African mining magnate * Solomon Barnato Joel (1865–1931), mining, brewing and railway magnate

Other Joels

Other prominent members of the Joel family include: * Stanhope Henry Joel (1903–1973), businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder *

Dudley Joel Dudley Jack Barnato Joel (26 April 1904 – 28 May 1941) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. Part of the wealthy and prominent Joel family, he was the son of businessman Solomon Barnato Joel and his wife Ellen (Nellie) ...

(1904–1941), businessman, politician, World War II naval officer

Other relations

* Joel Woolf Barnato, son of Barney Barnato **

Diana Barnato Walker Diana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS (15 January 1918 – 28 April 2008) was a pioneering British aviator. In World War II, she became one of the first women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary, flying 80 types of aircraft and delivering 260 Spitfire ...

Family tree

Joel Joel (1836/1837 - 7 Apr 1893), son of Isaac Joel (c1800-1847) and Rebecca Solomon (c1800-1842). Joel Joel married Catherine Isaacs (1840, Spitalfields - 8 Nov 1917). She was the daughter of Isaac Isaacs and Leah Harris #

(29 Sep 1862 - 13 Nov 1940) x Edith Richards (3 children) xx Olive Coulson Sopwith (1876-1937) ## Harry "Jim" Joel (1894 – 23 March 1992), businessman, philanthropist, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder ## May b.1892 d.10 Feb 1971 ## Kathleen # Woolf Joel (22 Nov 1863-14 March 1898) (shot dead in Johannesburg office by blackmailer Baron Kurt von Veltheim whose real name was Karl Frederic Moritz Kurtze, and was born at Allhausen, Brunswick, on 4 December 1857) ## Geoffrey (10 March 1896 London - 22 March 1957 Johannesburg) x Edith - maiden name unknown.Edith is shown on the National Archives of the UK, in the UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960. Both Geoffrey and Edith arrived in Southampton, England, on the Athalone Castle ship on the 21 May 1954. # Solomon Barnato Joel (23 May 1865 - 22 May 1931) married Ellen "Nellie" Ridley (1867-14 August 1919) (5 children) xx Phoebe Carlow ## Doris Irene Kathleen b. 1898 d. 14 August 1919 x Arthur Walter ## Woolf 26 April 1892 d.13 November 1923, named after Uncle Woolf Joel ## Stanhope Henry b.8 February 1903 at 2 Gt. Stanhope St, Mayfair x Gladys MacFadden ### Solna, married

Harry Thomson Jones Harry Thomson Jones (1925 – 5 December 2007), often known as "Tom Jones", was a British racehorse trainer whose career lasted from 1951 to 1996. He was successful in National Hunt racing, training the winners of 12 Cheltenham Festival races b ...

### Dana ### Thalia ## Dudley Jack Barnato (26 April 1904 - 26 May 1941) (drowned at sea) - Conservative Party Member of Parliament x Esme Ritchie ## Eileen Daphne Solvia (20 March 1907 - 30 Jan 1974) x John Rogerson

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