Saul Isaac (1823 – late 1903) was an English businessman and

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politician. He was the first Jew to be elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative candidate. Isaac was a partner in the army contracting business run by his older brother

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(1812–1886), which became the largest European supplier of materials to the Confederate States during the

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. He was elected at the 1874 general election as a

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(MP) for

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, when the Conservatives took both the city's parliamentary seats from the

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s. The election return describes him as a colliery proprietor, of

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, Nottinghamshire. Isaac was defeated at the 1880 general election, and was unsuccessful when he contested Finsbury Central at the 1885 general election.

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* 1823 births 1903 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 Jewish British politicians English Jews People from Colwick Politicians from Nottingham 19th-century English businesspeople {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub