Isaac "Jack" Barnato Joel (29 September 1862 – 13 November 1940) was a British -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 Joel Joel (1836/7–1893), a London tavernkeeper of the ''King of Prussia'', and Catherine "Kate" Isaacs (1840–1917). Catherine's brother was Barnet Isaacs, later known as

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

(1851–1897). Along with his brothers

Solomon Joel Solomon Barnato Joel (23 May 1865 – 22 May 1931) was a British-South African business magnate. He moved to Cape Colony in the 1880s where he made his fortune in connection with diamonds, later becoming a financier with interests in mining, b ...

and

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, he was taken under the wing of Barney Barnato and made a fortune from the Barnato Diamond Mining Company.

Career

Joel was accused of Illicit Diamond Buying "IDB" in South Africa under the 1882 Diamond Trade Act violation, but

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was able to get him released so he could return to London. Joel served as Chairman of

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Consolidated Investment Company Ltd from 1931 until his death in 1941. He also had a large interest in Diamond Corporation Ltd. and the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.

Thoroughbred Racing

Beginning in 1900 when he registered his colours of 'black jacket, scarlet cap', he was a

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racehorse owner and breeder, who won The Derby twice, first in 1911 with

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in front of the

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and

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, and second in 1921 with

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. He won the

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twice, first in 1908 with

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and again in 1914 with

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. In 1914, he donated £1,000 from the St Leger prize money to various charities or "Relief Funds". He also won The Oaks four times. First in 1903 with

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, then in 1907 with Glass Doll, followed by a win in 1913 with

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, and a consecutive win in 1914 with Princess Dorrie.

Personal life

Joel married Edith Fanny Richards (1866–1901), with whom he had three children: *May Joel (1893–1971) * Harry "Jim" Joel (1894–1992), who won the Thirsk Classic Trial Stakes in 1960, The Derby with

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in 1967, and the

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with Maori Venture in 1987. *Kathleen Nellie Joel (b. 1890), who married George Henry Holt Freeman (born c. 1878) in 1914. In 1907, after Edith's death, he married Olive Coulson Sopwith (1876–1937), daughter of

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, an English

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and local historian. Joel died on 13 November 1941 at his home at

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, Hertfordshire. His estate, valued at with an assessed inheritance tax of , was left his son Harry. In his will, he stated that he was unable to leave any charitable donations because of the "crushing burden of present-day taxation."

Residences

In 1905, his residence was 34

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in the

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district of London, England, the former home of

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and Robert Richardson-Gardner, and Northaw House in

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, Hertfordshire. In 1906, Joel purchased

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and the

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from the estate of

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, who had built a horse farm there.St Michael's Parish Church
After the death of his son, the stud farm was purchased by the Marquesa de Moratella and in 1978,

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, the film director, bought the manor, his widow,

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, continues to live in the home.

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