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Benjamin D'Israeli (merchant)
Benjamin D'Israeli (1730–1816) was an Italian-born English merchant and financier, the grandfather of the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. D'Israeli was born in Cento, near Ferrara, then in the Papal States, now part of the Italian Republic, on 22 September 1730; and died at Stoke Newington (parish), Stoke Newington, Middlesex, on 28 November 1816. He moved to England in 1748 and settled there as a merchant, although he did not take out papers of denization till 1801. Although a conforming Jew, and though contributing liberally towards the support of a synagogue, D'Israeli appears never to have cordially or intimately mixed with the community; only on one occasion did he serve in a minor office—that of inspector of charity schools in the year 1782. D'Israeli married twice. Firstly, on 2 April 1756, he married Rebecca Mendez Furtado, a woman of Portuguese origin. They had a daughter called Rachel. Within a few months of Rebecca's death on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cosway (1742-1821) - Benjamin D'Israeli The Elder (1730–1816) - 429022 - National Trust
Richard Cosway (5 November 1742 – 4 July 1821) was a leading England, English portrait painter of the Georgian era, Georgian and Regency era, noted for his Portrait miniature, miniatures. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse (painter), Richard Crosse. He befriended fellow Freemasonry, Freemason and Swedenborgians William Blake and Chevalier d'Éon. His wife was the Italian-born painter Maria Cosway, a close friend of Thomas Jefferson. Early years Richard Cosway was born in Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton, Devon, the son of a schoolmaster. He was initially educated at Blundell's School, where his father was Head teacher, master, but at the age of twelve he was allowed to travel to London to take lessons in painting. Soon after his arrival, in 1754, he won a prize from the Royal Society of Arts, Society of Arts. He studied briefly with fellow Devonian Thomas Hudson (painter), Thomas Hudson, then with William Shipley, and by 1760 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |