Saturday 28 June 2014

548 Frederick Goldsmid


Constituency : Honiton 1865-6

Frederick  replaced  George  Moffat  at  Honiton.

Frederick  was  a  Jewish  banker  from  London. He  was  educated  at  University  College, London. He was  an  active member  of  the  Metropolitan  Association  for  Improving the  Dwellings  of  the  Laboring Classes  and  a  patron  of  many  Jewish  charities.

He  died  in  1866  aged  54  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Julian  at  the  by-election.


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