Levy Barent Cohen

Levy Barent Cohen (1747 – 1808) was a Dutch-born British financier and community worker.

Levy Barent Cohen
Born	1747
Died	1808
Occupation	Financier
Parent(s)	Barent Cohen
Relatives	Nathan Mayer Rothschild (son-in-law) Moses Montefiore (son-in-law)

Early life

Levy Barent Cohen was born in Amsterdam in 1747. He was the son of Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant.[1]

Career

Cohen and his brother moved in England had developed a large business in London. He became known as one of the leading merchants of the city.[1]

Personal life

Cohen was naturalized as a British subject in 1798. He was closely involved in a number of Jewish charities and filled successively all the offices of the Duke's Place Synagogue, the principal Ashkenazi synagogue in London.[1]

Through the marriages which his children contracted, including with Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sir Moses Montefiore, nearly all the leading Jewish families in England were connected with him.[1] In addition, his brother's daughter was Nanette Salomons Cohen, the maternal grandmother of both Karl Marx[2] and of Frederik Philips who, with his son Gerard, founded Philips Electronics.[3]

Partial list of descendants

• Levy Barent Cohen (1747–1808)
  • Joseph Cohen (1774–1838)
    • Louis Cohen (1799–1882)
      • Adelaide Cohen (1830–1895), married Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore
      • Lionel Louis Cohen (1832–1887)
      • Ellen Cohen (1843–1919), married Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling
      • Sir Benjamin Cohen, 1st Baronet (1844–1909)
        • Sir Herbert Benjamin Cohen, 2nd Baronet (1874–1968)
      • Nathaniel Louis Cohen (1846–1913), married Julia Matilda Waley, daughter of Jacob Waley
        • Sir Robert Waley Cohen (1877–1952)
          • Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet (1914–1991)
            • Rosalind Waley-Cohen (born 1945), married Philip Burdon
            • Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen, 2nd Baronet (born 1946)
              • Jack Waley-Cohen (born 1979)
            • Robert Waley-Cohen (born 1948)
              • Sam Waley-Cohen (born 1982)
            • Joanna Waley-Cohen (born 1952)
        • Charles Waley Cohen (1879–1963)
  • Esther Cohen (1782–1859), married Samuel Moses Samuel
    • Amelia Samuel (c. 1812–1890), married firstly Denis Moses, Baron de Samuel and secondly George FitzMaurice, 6th Earl of Orkney
      • Louisa de Samuel, married George de Worms, 2nd Baron de Worms
  • Hannah Cohen (1783–1850), married Nathan Mayer Rothschild
    • Rothschild banking family of England
  • Judith Cohen (1784–1862), married Sir Moses Montefiore
  • Benjamin Cohen (1789–1867), married Justina Montefiore, sister of Sir Moses Montefiore
    • Arthur Cohen (1830–1914)
      • Sir Benjamin Arthur Cohen (1862–1942)
      • Margaret Cohen (1864–1931), married Sir Theodore Morison
  • Isaac Cohen (1791–1846)
    • Juliana Cohen (1831–1877), married Mayer Amschel de Rothschild
  • Jessie Cohen (1795–1869), married Myer Davidson
  • Adeline Cohen (1799–1877), married John Helbert

Death

Cohen died in England in 1808.[1]

References

1. "Cohen, Levy Barent". The Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk & Wagnalls, New York. Retrieved 6 December 2019
2. "Levi Barent Cohen Thepeerage.com". Retrieved 6 December 2019.
3. Klaus (1 January 2008). "Westdeutsche Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e.V. Sitz Köln - Bezirksgruppe Krefeld (A walk through Nijmegen: A communist and founder of Philips have same roots. West German Family Research Society, Krefeld Journal nr 23, 1.1.2008)" (PDF). Retrieved 6 December 2019.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Cohen, Levy Barent". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.