Biography
Part of the wealthy and prominent Joel family, he was the son of businessman Solomon Barnato Joel and his wife Ellen (Nellie) Ridley and was married to Esme Oldham.
Heavily involved in Thoroughbred horse racing, in 1922 his father purchased Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket from the estate of Sir Ernest Cassel's. On his father's death in 1931, Dudley Joel inherited the property.
In the 1931 general election, Dudley Joel was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley. He was re-elected to Parliament in 1935 but with the outbreak of World War II joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and was killed in action in 1941 when the steam merchant Registan was bombed by German aircraft off Cape Cornwall.
Dudley Joel is buried in the family plot at the Willesden Jewish Cemetery in London.
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