Sir Samuel George Joseph, 1st Baronet (15 August 1888 – 4 October 1944) was the 615th

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Early life

Samuel George Joseph was born on 15 August 1888, the son of Abraham Joseph and his wife Sarah (Gluckstein), the daughter of Samuel Gluckstein, the founder of Salmon & Gluckstein tobacco merchants.

Career

Samuel Joseph made a name for himself when in 1908, together with his cousin, Sydney Gluckstein, he acquired C. W. Bovis & Co., then a local builder, and expanded it into a major

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It was said that he was a 'genius for organisation'. During World War I, Samuel Joseph went off to France to fight in the

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. He later became an

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and an

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of the

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. He served as

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for 1933, for which he was knighted in 1934, and

for 1942 to 1943. He became a

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at the end of his term as Lord Mayor on 16 November 1943. He died in 1944 aged 56.

Family

He was married to Edna Cicely (Phillips). Their son, Keith Joseph, went on to be a Cabinet Minister. In 1909, his daughter Julia married Sir Samuel Gluckstein, solicitor and politician.

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1888 births 1944 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Sheriffs of the City of London 20th-century lord mayors of London 20th-century English politicians Knights Bachelor Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) officers British Army personnel of World War I English Jews Gluckstein family {{Lord-Mayor-of-London-stub