Willesden Jewish Cemetery - Notable Burials

Notable Burials

Some of the notable persons interred here include:

  • Asher Asher (1837–1889), first Scottish Jew to enter the medical profession. In London, he was secretary of its Great Synagogue, and then the first secretary of the United Synagogue.
  • Barney Barnato (1852–1897), financier
  • Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
  • Mark Gertler (1891–1939), painter
  • Sir Charles Solomon Henry, 1st Baronet (1860–1919), Australian expatriate businessman and Member of the British Parliament
  • Dudley Joel (1904–1941), businessman, politician, World War II naval officer
  • Jim Joel (1895–1992), businessman, racehorse owner
  • Sir Emmanuel Kaye (1914–1999), industrialist and philanthropist; and his wife, Lady (Elizabeth) Kaye (1925–2012)
  • Alfred Charles de Rothschild (1842–1918), Governor of the Bank of England
  • Anthony Nathan de Rothschild (1810–1876)
  • Charles Rothschild (1877–1923)
  • Charlotte von Rothschild (1819–1884)
  • Hannah Primrose (née Rothschild), Countess of Rosebery (1851–1890)
  • James A. de Rothschild (1878–1957)
  • Leopold de Rothschild (1845–1917)
  • Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937)
  • Lionel de Rothschild (1808–1879)
  • Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882–1942)
  • Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818–1874)
  • Sir Matthew Nathan(1862–1939),Governor of Hong Kong
  • Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840–1915), banker, politician
  • Marcus Samuel (1853–1927), 1st Viscount Bearsted, banker and a founder of Shell Oil Co.
  • Sir Albert Sassoon
  • Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, of Kensington Gore
  • Simeon Solomon (1840–1905), painter
  • Conchita Supervía (1895–1936), Spanish mezzo-soprano.
  • Sir Julius Vogel (1835–1899), Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • Giulia Warwick (1857–1904), opera singer

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