Joseph Barrow Montefiore

British merchant and financier (1803–1893)

Not to be confused with Jacob Levi Montefiore.

Joseph Barrow Montefiore (24 June 1803 – 8 September 1893), merchant and financier, was the youngest son of Eliezer Montefiore, merchant, of Barbados and London, and his wife, Judith (née Barrow).[1]

Montefiore was born on 24 June 1803 in London and was educated there.[2] He married Rebecca Mocatta, and the couple had children.[1]

He shared real estate interests in the Colony of New South Wales with his brother Jacob Barrow Montefiore.[2] The two brothers were also partners in J. Barrow Montefiore & Co., and helped to found the Bank of Australasia, later the ANZ Bank; Jacob was a founding director, while Joseph was the Sydney representative. Both brothers suffered London bankruptcy proceedings in 1844,[3] but by the time of Jacob's second visit to Adelaide in 1854, Joseph was once again a successful businessman, as proprietor of J. B. Montefiore & Co.[2] It was during the 1840s–1850s that he was resident in Adelaide, in St John's Street.[4]

He died on 8 September 1893 in Brighton.[1]

## Other family relationships

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* British philanthropist Moses Montefiore was a cousin of Jacob and Joseph.[2][5]
* Jacob Levi Montefiore (1819–1885), New South Wales politician, was a nephew of the brothers.[1] Jacob Levi (who arrived in Sydney in 1837) later became a director of the Bank of Australasia, in 1855.[6]
* Eliezer Levi Montefiore, brother of Jacob Levi, who married his Joseph's daughter[7] (i.e. Eliezer's cousin) Esther Hannah Barrow Montefiore in Adelaide, was another nephew.[8]

### Other siblings

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* Moses Eliezer Montefiore[9] (born 1798?) may have been a brother to Jacob and Joseph Barrow Montefiore. According to a genealogy on the Museum of the Jewish People's database, there were siblings as follows: Rachel, John (1854–1795, four children), Moses Eliezer, Evalina (m. Abraham Mocatta – same family as Joseph Barrow M's wife), Esther Hannah (who married Isaac Levi and had Levi Eliezer, see above).[10]

### Barbados Barrows

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From will transcripts:[11]

* Simon Barrow of St Michael (will 21 May 1801): daughters Judith Barrow, Rebecca Barrow and Sarah Barrow; son Joseph; grandson Simon Barrow, son of late son Jacob.
* Joseph Barrow of St Michael (undated): wife Sarah. "After Sarah's death the Barbados house to go to Moses Eliezer Montefiore, son of my niece Judith Montefiore." (Niece Judith Montefiore is wife of Eliezer.)
* Sarah Barrow of St Michael (31 March 1814): "Relic of Joseph Barrow Esqr deceased."

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Getzler, Israel. "Joseph Barrow Montefiore". Australian Dictionary of Biography. ANU Press. Retrieved 10 December 2020. "This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, (MUP), 1967"
2. ^ a b c d Elton, Jude. "Montefiore Hill". Adelaidia. History SA. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
3. ^ "[Jacob Barrow Montefiore]". The Baruch Lousadas and the Barrows [non-profit family history website]. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
4. ^ "Links with Early Adelaide". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 5 March 1936. p. 14. Retrieved 10 November 2023 - via National Library of Australia.
5. ^ "Montefiore, Joseph Barrow". Encyclopedia.com. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
6. ^ Rutledge, Martha. "Jacob Levi Montefiore". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 6 December 2020. "This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, (MUP), 1974"
7. ^ "Eliezer Levi Montefiore (1820–1894)". The Baruch Lousadas and the Barrows. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
8. ^ Draffin, Nicholas (1988). "An enthusiastic amateur of the arts: Eliezer Levi Montefiore in Melbourne 1853-71" (e-journal). Art Bulletin of Victoria (28). National Gallery of Victoria. (Published online 2014, and now known as the Art Journal)
9. ^ "Will of Moses Eliezer Montefiore, Merchant of Finsbury, Middlesex [2 January 1822]". The National Archives. Retrieved 11 December 2020. Note: But death date seems a bit young if born 1798...
10. ^ "Levi, Judith Barrow". Museum of the Jewish People Database. Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. Retrieved 11 December 2020. (See English explanation here.)
11. ^ "Barrow wills: Barbados". The Baruch Lousadas and the Barrows. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

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