Levy Barent Cohen

Levy Barent Cohen (1740s – 1808) was an English financier and communal worker. He was the son of Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant of Amsterdam. Cohen moved to England with his brother, and by 1778 had developed a large business in London. He was naturalized in 1798, and became known eventually as one of the leading merchants of the city.

Through the distinguished marriages which his children contracted, nearly all the leading Jewish families in England were connected with him. His daughter Hannah became the wife of Nathan Mayer Rothschild; the second daughter, Judith, married Moses Montefiore; the third daughter, Jessie, married Myer Davidson.

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Cohen, Levy Barent". Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906.