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Lionel Prager Goldsmid, birth 1797 LONDON, ENGLAND, died 1866 LONDON, ENGLAND, son of Benjamin (Baruch) Goldsmid and Jessie (Fradke) Solomons
Married 1815 to: Eliza Frances Campbell, birth 1799, died 1844 |
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1) Jessie Sarah Goldsmid, birth 1816 Tenby Wells, Pembrokershire, died 1888
Married 1845 LONDON, ENGLAND to: Henry Edward (Tsebi Hirsch) Goldsmid, birth 9 May 1812 LONDON, ENGLAND, died 3 Jan 1855 CAIRO, buried London, Willesden Jewish Cemetery, occupation: civil servant in India, son of Edward Moses (Eli) Goldsmid and Rose (Rezla) Elias Hannover Indian civil servant; born in London May 9, 1812; died at Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 3, 1855. He entered the service of the East India Company in 1832, and three years later became assistant revenue commissioner for Bombay. While occupying this post he de vised therevenue survey and assessment system, Puna being included in its organization. "Goldsmid's Survey," as it was called, was a great boon to the poor agriculturists of the presidency; and it was permanently established by the Bombay legislat ure in 1865. It was incorporated in the Bombay revenue code of 1879, and was also adopted by the Berars and the native state of Mysore. Goldsmid's health broke down owing to his incessant labors; and after holding the positions of private secretary and chief secretary to the governor of Bombay, he went to Cairo, where he died. Ten years later a memorial rest-house was erecte d by public subscription at Decksal, near the place where Goldsmid's survey had commenced. |
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2) Frederik John Goldsmid, birth 19 May 1818 MILAN, Italy, died 12 Jan 1908 BROOK GREEN, HAMMERSMITH, England major general in the British Army who, through negotiations with several Asian countries and supervision of a cross-continental construction project, made possible the Indo-European telegraph, the first rapid communication system linking Europe an d Asia. Maj (later Maj-Gen Sir) Frederic John Goldsmid (1818-1908), Madras Army 1839-75, in civil employ under Bombay Government 1862-64, Director-General of the Indo-European Telegraph 1865-70, worked as Boundary Commissioner for the settlement of the Pe rso-Baluch frontier and Arbitrator in the Perso-Afghan dispute concerning Seistan 1870-72. Married 2 Jan 1849 to: Mary Mackenzie Stuart, birth 1823 EAST INDIES, died 21 Jul 1900, daughter of George Mackenzie Stuart and Mary Babington |