Saul Isaac
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 (1874 – 1880) 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b
"Isaac, Samuel". 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
[edit]- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Saul Isaac
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