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Saul Isaac (1823 – late 1903) [1] was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was the first Jew to be elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative candidate. [2]
Isaac was a partner in the army contracting business run by his older brother Samuel (1812–1886), [3] which became the largest European supplier of materials to the Confederate States during the American Civil War. [3]
He was elected at the 1874 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham, [4] when the Conservatives took both the city's parliamentary seats from the Liberals. [5] The election return describes him as a colliery proprietor, of Colwick Hall, Nottinghamshire. [4]
Isaac was defeated at the 1880 general election, [5] and was unsuccessful when he contested Finsbury Central at the 1885 general election. [6]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
- ^ "The Jubilee Of Jewish Emancipation". The Times. London. 25 July 1908. pp. 16, col A.
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Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ a b "No. 24063". The London Gazette. 6 February 1874. p. 543.
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 230. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 13. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Saul Isaac
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