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

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, 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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Published by Frances Lincoln, 2007, On his return he personally supervised a building development at Sussex Square in London for

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. He later became an

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for

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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

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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,

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, went on to be a

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. In 1909, his daughter Julia married Sir Samuel Gluckstein, solicitor and politician.

References

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