Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st Baronet

Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st Baronet (born January 13, 1778, London, England—died April 27, 1859, London) was a financier and Britain’s first Jewish baronet, whose work for Jewish emancipation in that nation made possible the passage of the Jewish Disabilities Bill of 1859, granting basic civil and political rights to Jews. Highly successful as a dealer in precious metals with Portugal, Brazil, and Turkey, Goldsmid became active in the cause of Jewish emancipation and social...