Abraham Mocatta

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Abraham Mocatta, birth 1797, died 21 Apr 1880 35 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, England
Married 1818 to:
Miriam Brandon, died 1 Jul 1878 35 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, England

1) Frederick David Mocatta, birth 15 Jan 1828 LONDON, ENGLAND, died 16 Jan 1905 LONDON, ENGLAND, buried 19 Jan 1905 Ball Pond Cemetery
English philanthropist and communal worker; born in London Jan. 15, 1828; retired from the firm of Mocatta & Goldsmid, bullion-brokers to the Bank of England, in 1874, and devoted himself almost exclusively to the study of charitable and social qu estions. The condition of the working classes of all creeds, the improvement of their dwellings, and the administration of charity with a view to promoting the independence of the poor on the lines of the Charity Organization Society, are som e of the principal subjects that have engaged his attention. His philanthropic work is conducted on certain well-defined principles, foremost among them being the unification and systematic organization of charity so as to prevent the undue multip lication of institutions. He acted as chairman of the committee appointed to effect the union of the Jews' Hospital and Orphan Asylum. In 1871 a Jewish Workhouse was started, which was subsequently amalgamated under his presidency with the Hand-in -Hand Asylum. He has been active also in abrogating the voting system in Jewish charitable institutions.

Mocatta is a vice-president of the Anglo-Jewish Association; served as a member of the Rumanian and Russo-Jewish committees; and in 1882 was deputed by the Mansion House Committee to proceed to the various Continental centers in which the refugee s from persecution were congregated. In 1895 Mocatta reorganized the Jewish Home for Incurables. At the beginning of his seventieth year he was presented with a testimonial from over 200 philanthropic, literary, and other institutions of whic h he was a member.

Mocatta has been specially interested in the promotion of Jewish learning, having been one of the most active members in the Society of Hebrew Literature. Among works partly or wholly subventioned by him may be mentioned Zunz, "Zur Geschichte un d Literatur" and "Literaturgeschichte der Synagogalen Poesie"; Berliner, "Juden in Rom"; Jacobs, "Sources of Spanish Jewish History"; the English translation of Graetz, "History of the Jews"; etc. He is himself the author of "The Jews and the Inqu isition," London, 1877, of which German, Hebrew, and Italian translations have appeared. In 1900 he was elected president of the Jewish Historical Society of England.
Married 29 Oct 1856 MARYLEBORNE, LONDON to:
Mary Ada Goldsmid, birth 1836 ENGLAND, died 1905, daughter of Frederik David (David Tevli) Goldsmid and Caroline Samuel

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