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| location = [[Willesden]], [[London |
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The '''Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden''', is a [[Jewish cemetery |
The '''Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden''', is a [[Jewish cemetery|cemetery for Jews]] in Pound Lane, [[Willesden]], in the [[London Borough of Brent]]. It is adjacent to [[Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery]]. Established in 1911 by the [[Liberal Jewish Synagogue]], it opened in 1914 and was originally known as the Liberal Jewish and Belsize Square Cemetery.<ref name="Gardens">{{Cite web |url=http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.php?ID=BRE017 |title= Liberal Jewish Cemetery |website=[[London Gardens Online]] |publisher=[[London Parks & Gardens Trust]]|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> Several notable British Jews, including members of the [[Sassoon family]], are buried at the cemetery, which also has a Grade II listed war memorial.<ref name = "War Memorial"/> |
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==Prayer hall and war memorial== |
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The cemetery includes a [[Listed building|Grade II listed war memorial]], commemorating 22 people who died in the First World War. A plaque was added later to commemorate those who died in the Second World War.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1461873|desc=Willesden Liberal Jewish Cemetery War Memorial|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> |
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The cemetery's prayer hall, in [[British Queen Anne Revival|Queen Anne Revival architectural]] style, was designed by [[Ernest Joseph]] and erected in the 1920s; it was extended in 1963.<ref name="Meller">{{Cite book |title=London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer |author=Meller, Hugh |author2=Parsons, Brian |publisher=[[The History Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7524-6183-0 |edition=Fifth |location=[[Stroud, Gloucestershire]] |pages=220–221}}</ref> Directly opposite the prayer hall is a [[Listed building|Grade II listed war memorial]], commemorating 22 people who died in the First World War. [[Historic England]] describe it as "one of very few freestanding First World War memorials which specifically commemorate Jewish service personnel". A plaque was added later to commemorate those who died in the Second World War.<ref name = "War Memorial">{{NHLE|num=1461873|desc=Willesden Liberal Jewish Cemetery War Memorial|date = 7 February 2019|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> |
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==Notable burials== |
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Notable people buried at the cemetery include: |
Notable people buried at the cemetery include: |
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||| [[Sir Louis Baron, 1st Baronet]]|| 1876–1934|| Tobacco and cigarette manufacturer||He was the managing director of the [[Carreras Tobacco Company]].|||| |
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||| [[Leslie Grade]]||1916–1979|| Theatrical agent|| Younger brother of Bernard Delfont and Lew Grade||<ref name="Matthews"/>|| |
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|||[[Otto Metzger]]|| 1885–1961||Engineer and inventor||Metzger, who grew up in [[Nuremberg]], Germany, was an engineer and inventor of an [[Impact extrusion|impact-extrusion]] process for forming seamless zinc and brass cans. He and his wife Sophie Metzger (née Josephthal) (1894–1998) are commemorated in the cemetery by adjacent rose bushes.||<ref>{{cite patent|country=US|number=1918858 |status=patent|title=Matrix for extruding metals |pubdate=1933-07-18|inventor1-last=Metzger|inventor1-first=Otto |
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|assign=[[Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke|Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG]]|inventorlink1=Otto Metzger}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent |country=US|number=2099449|status=patent|title=Method of making dry cells|pubdate=1937-11-16|inventor1-last=Metzger|inventor1-first=Otto |
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|assign=[[Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke|Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG]]|inventorlink1=Otto Metzger}}</ref><ref>{{cite patent |country=US|number=2117738|status=patent|title=Packing for perishable victuals|pubdate=1938-05-17|inventor1-last=Metzger|inventor1-first=Otto |
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|||[[Albert Abdullah David Sassoon|Sir Albert Sassoon, 1st Baronet]]|| 1818–1896|| Businessman and philanthropist|| He ran the family firm, which was originally based in [[Bombay]], India and became known as [[David Sassoon & Co.]] Sassoon was originally buried in the [[Sassoon Mausoleum]] which he had built in [[Brighton]], but in 1933 his body was removed and reburied at this cemetery.||<ref>[[Sharman Kadish|Kadish, Sharman]], ''Jewish Heritage in England: an Architectural Guide'', [[English Heritage]], 2006, pp. 77–78. {{ISBN|978-1-905624-28-7}}.</ref><ref>[[Peter Stansky|Stansky, Peter]]. ''Sassoon: the worlds of Philip and Sybil'', [[Yale University Press]], 2003, p.16. {{ISBN|978-0-300-09547-0}}.</ref><ref name="Knowles">{{Cite web |url=http://knowlescollection.blogspot.com/2010/08/sir-edward-albert-sassoon.html |title=Sir Edward Albert Sassoon |website=The Knowles Collection |date=11 August 2010 |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>|| |
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|||[[Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet, of Kensington Gore|Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet]]|| 1856–1912|| Businessman and politician ||He was the eldest son of Sir Albert. A [[Liberal Unionist Party]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]], Sassoon was also active in Jewish community affairs, serving as a vice-president of [[London School of Jewish Studies|Jews' College, London]] and the [[Anglo-Jewish Association]].|||| |
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||||Sir [[Isaac Shoenberg]]|| 1880–1963 ||Electronics engineer and inventor||Born in [[Pinsk]], [[Imperial Russia]] (now in [[Belarus]]), Shoenberg is best known for his role in inventing the system used by the [[BBC]] in London in 1936 for the world's first public high-definition TV broadcast.||<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/heritage/the-liberal-jewish-synagogue-to-commemorate-centenary-of-its-cemetery-in-willesden-1-2348749 |title=The Liberal Jewish Synagogue to commemorate centenary of its cemetery in Willesden |last=King |first=Lorraine |date=2 August 2013 |work=Brent and Kilburn Times |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>|| |
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|| ||Sir [[Andrew Shonfield]] ||1917–1981|| Economist||Best known for writing ''Modern Capitalism'' (1966), a book that documented the rise of long-term planning in postwar Europe. From 1972 to 1977 he was Director of the [[Royal Institute of International Affairs]], usually known as Chatham House.||<ref name="Shonfield Dead ">{{Cite news |url=https://www.jta.org/1981/01/29/archive/andrew-shonfield-dead-at-63 |title=Andrew Shonfield Dead at 63 |date=29 January 1981 |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>|| |
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⚫ | |[[File:Conchita Supervía.png|120px]]|| [[Conchita Supervía]] ||1895–1936||Spanish opera [[diva]]||Supervía was a highly popular Spanish [[mezzo-soprano]] singer who appeared in [[opera]] in Europe and America and also gave recitals. Her tombstone was designed by Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]]. The grave, which had fallen into disrepair, was refurbished by a group of admirers and re-consecrated in October 2006.||<ref name="Matthews">{{Cite book |title=Who's Buried Where in London |last=Matthews |first=Peter |publisher= [[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|year=2017 |page=71}}</ref><ref name="Lutyens">{{Cite web |url=http://www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/portfolio-item/lutyens-memorial-to-a-spanish-opera-singer/ |title=Lutyens Memorial to a Spanish Opera Singer |website=The Lutyens Trust |access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref>|| |
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|[[File:Walter Wolfgang.jpg|center|80px]]||[[Walter Wolfgang]]||1923– 2019||Socialist and peace activist|||Wolfgang was vice-president and Vice Chair of the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] up to the time of his death, and a supporter of the [[Stop the War Coalition]].||<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2019 |title=Walter Jacob Wolfgang 1923-1929 |url=https://www.labourcnd.org.uk/tag/walter-wolfgang/ |access-date=11 March 2021 |website=[[Labour CND]]}}</ref>|| |
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|[[File:Israel Zangwill.jpg|120px]]||[[Israel Zangwill]]||1864–1926|| Author and [[cultural Zionist]]||At the forefront of [[cultural Zionism]] during the 19th century, and a close associate of Theodor Herzl, Zangwill later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and became the prime thinker behind the [[Jewish Territorialist Organization|territorial movement]].||<ref name="JTA Zangwill">{{Cite news |url=https://www.jta.org/1926/08/06/archive/funeral-of-1-zangwill-attended-by-thousands-rabbi-wise-officiates|last=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |title=Funeral of I. Zangwill Attended by Thousands; Rabbi Wise Officiates |date=6 August 1926 |work=[[Jewish Daily Bulletin]] |access-date=25 February 2020}}</ref> || |
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==War graves== |
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The cemetery contains the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission|Commonwealth war graves]] of a World War I [[Royal Flying Corps]] officer and, from World War II, a [[Royal Navy]] officer, two soldiers and an officer of the British Army and an airman and two officers of the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?CemeteryExact=true&Cemetery=WILLESDEN%20LIBERAL%20JEWISH%20CEMETERY|title = Search Results}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Jewish cemeteries in the London area]] |
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* Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, usually known as [[Willesden Jewish Cemetery]], which is adjacent to this one |
* Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, usually known as [[Willesden Jewish Cemetery]], which is adjacent to this one |
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*[[Willesden New Cemetery]] |
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*[[Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)]] |
*[[Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)]] |
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Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden | |
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Details | |
Established | 1911 |
Location | Off Pound Lane, Willesden, London NW10 2HG (London Borough of Brent) |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 51°32′35″N 0°14′16″W / 51.54306°N 0.23778°W |
Type | Jewish |
Style | Queen Anne Revival architecture |
Owned by | Liberal Jewish Synagogue |
Size | 4 acres[1] |
Website | Liberal Jewish Synagogue: Cemetery |
Find a Grave | Liberal Jewish Cemetery |
The Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden, is a cemetery for Jews in Pound Lane, Willesden, in the London Borough of Brent. It is adjacent to Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery. Established in 1911 by the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, it opened in 1914 and was originally known as the Liberal Jewish and Belsize Square Cemetery.[2] Several notable British Jews, including members of the Sassoon family, are buried at the cemetery, which also has a Grade II listed war memorial.[3]
Prayer hall and war memorial
[edit]The cemetery's prayer hall, in Queen Anne Revival architectural style, was designed by Ernest Joseph and erected in the 1920s; it was extended in 1963.[1] Directly opposite the prayer hall is a Grade II listed war memorial, commemorating 22 people who died in the First World War. Historic England describe it as "one of very few freestanding First World War memorials which specifically commemorate Jewish service personnel". A plaque was added later to commemorate those who died in the Second World War.[3]
Notable burials
[edit]Notable people buried at the cemetery include:
Image | Name | Dates | Description | Notes | Ref | Grave |
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Sir Louis Baron, 1st Baronet | 1876–1934 | Tobacco and cigarette manufacturer | He was the managing director of the Carreras Tobacco Company. | |||
Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont | 1909–1994 | Theatre impresario | [4] | |||
Benno Elkan | 1877–1960 | Sculptor | Elkan created the first statue in Britain of Sir Walter Raleigh, and designed Frankfurt's Great War Memorial, incorporating mourning mothers as a symbol of loss in World War I; it was removed by the Nazis in 1933 and re-erected in 1946. His work also includes the Knesset Menorah in Jerusalem. | [1] | ||
Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman | 1913–1995 | Lawyer | Goodman was Chairman of the Arts Council. | [4] | ||
Lew Grade, Baron Grade | 1906–1998 | TV and film producer | Elder brother of Bernard Delfont | [4] | ||
Leslie Grade | 1916–1979 | Theatrical agent | Younger brother of Bernard Delfont and Lew Grade | [4] | ||
Otto Metzger | 1885–1961 | Engineer and inventor | Metzger, who grew up in Nuremberg, Germany, was an engineer and inventor of an impact-extrusion process for forming seamless zinc and brass cans. He and his wife Sophie Metzger (née Josephthal) (1894–1998) are commemorated in the cemetery by adjacent rose bushes. | [5][6][7] | ||
Sir Albert Sassoon, 1st Baronet | 1818–1896 | Businessman and philanthropist | He ran the family firm, which was originally based in Bombay, India and became known as David Sassoon & Co. Sassoon was originally buried in the Sassoon Mausoleum which he had built in Brighton, but in 1933 his body was removed and reburied at this cemetery. | [8][9][10] | ||
Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet | 1856–1912 | Businessman and politician | He was the eldest son of Sir Albert. A Liberal Unionist Party MP, Sassoon was also active in Jewish community affairs, serving as a vice-president of Jews' College, London and the Anglo-Jewish Association. | |||
Sir Isaac Shoenberg | 1880–1963 | Electronics engineer and inventor | Born in Pinsk, Imperial Russia (now in Belarus), Shoenberg is best known for his role in inventing the system used by the BBC in London in 1936 for the world's first public high-definition TV broadcast. | [11] | ||
Sir Andrew Shonfield | 1917–1981 | Economist | Best known for writing Modern Capitalism (1966), a book that documented the rise of long-term planning in postwar Europe. From 1972 to 1977 he was Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, usually known as Chatham House. | [12] | ||
Conchita Supervía | 1895–1936 | Spanish opera diva | Supervía was a highly popular Spanish mezzo-soprano singer who appeared in opera in Europe and America and also gave recitals. Her tombstone was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The grave, which had fallen into disrepair, was refurbished by a group of admirers and re-consecrated in October 2006. | [4][13] | ||
Walter Wolfgang | 1923– 2019 | Socialist and peace activist | Wolfgang was vice-president and Vice Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament up to the time of his death, and a supporter of the Stop the War Coalition. | [14] | ||
Israel Zangwill | 1864–1926 | Author and cultural Zionist | At the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, and a close associate of Theodor Herzl, Zangwill later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland in Palestine and became the prime thinker behind the territorial movement. | [15] |
War graves
[edit]The cemetery contains the Commonwealth war graves of a World War I Royal Flying Corps officer and, from World War II, a Royal Navy officer, two soldiers and an officer of the British Army and an airman and two officers of the Royal Air Force.[16]
See also
[edit]- Jewish cemeteries in the London area
- Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, usually known as Willesden Jewish Cemetery, which is adjacent to this one
- Willesden New Cemetery
- Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Meller, Hugh; Parsons, Brian (2011). London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer (Fifth ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. pp. 220–221. ISBN 978-0-7524-6183-0.
- ^ "Liberal Jewish Cemetery". London Gardens Online. London Parks & Gardens Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b Historic England (7 February 2019). "Willesden Liberal Jewish Cemetery War Memorial (1461873)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Matthews, Peter (2017). Who's Buried Where in London. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 71.
- ^ US patent 1918858, Metzger, Otto, "Matrix for extruding metals", published 1933-07-18, assigned to Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG
- ^ US patent 2099449, Metzger, Otto, "Method of making dry cells", published 1937-11-16, assigned to Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG
- ^ US patent 2117738, Metzger, Otto, "Packing for perishable victuals", published 1938-05-17, assigned to Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke AG
- ^ Kadish, Sharman, Jewish Heritage in England: an Architectural Guide, English Heritage, 2006, pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-1-905624-28-7.
- ^ Stansky, Peter. Sassoon: the worlds of Philip and Sybil, Yale University Press, 2003, p.16. ISBN 978-0-300-09547-0.
- ^ "Sir Edward Albert Sassoon". The Knowles Collection. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ King, Lorraine (2 August 2013). "The Liberal Jewish Synagogue to commemorate centenary of its cemetery in Willesden". Brent and Kilburn Times. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Andrew Shonfield Dead at 63". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 29 January 1981. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Lutyens Memorial to a Spanish Opera Singer". The Lutyens Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Walter Jacob Wolfgang 1923-1929". Labour CND. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ Jewish Telegraphic Agency (6 August 1926). "Funeral of I. Zangwill Attended by Thousands; Rabbi Wise Officiates". Jewish Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Search Results".
External links
[edit]- 1911 establishments in England
- Cemeteries in the London Borough of Brent
- Ernest Joseph buildings
- Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Brent
- Jewish cemeteries in the United Kingdom
- Judaism in London
- Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Brent
- Queen Anne Revival architecture in the United Kingdom
- Religion in the London Borough of Brent
- Willesden
- World War I memorials in London
- World War II memorials in London
- Sassoon family
- Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)