Jack Barnato Joel

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Jack Barnato Joel (29 September 1862 – 13 November 1940) was a South African mining magnate and a champion horse breeder.[1]

Biography

He was born on 29 September 1862. He had two brothers, Solomon Barnato Joel and Woolf Joel.[2]

Jack Joel was a mining magnate, Chairman of Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd (from 1931). A Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder, he was married to Olive Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937), daughter of Thomas Sopwith. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Barnato Joel (1862-1940)". Retrieved 2011-02-06. "Mr J B Joel, son of an East-end publican, went to South Africa as a young man and became a millionaire there. He returned to England and supervised his vast financial interests in the City. His business covered mines, breweries, collieries in South Africa and gold and diamonds. Jack Joel was extremely successful with his racing and breeding interests and his horses won almost every important contest in the Racing Calendar. He was Champion Owner on 3 occasions." 
  2. ↑ "Wagers Laid on Joel's Suit for Blackmail. Odds in Favor of Sievier. Joel Is Late Barney Barnato's Nephew". New York Times. July 19, 1908. Retrieved 2011-02-06. "Not only in sporting circles but in Mayfair and the City there is keen interest in the charges made against Robert S. Sievier, editor of The Winning Post and owner of race horses, by J.B. Joel, the South African mining magnate, who also owns racers. Joel alleges that Sievier attempted to blackmail him to the extent of $25,000." 
  3. ↑ "Sitter: Mrs Jack Barnato Joel, née Olivie Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937).". Lafayette Negative Archive. 
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