{{Short description|Australian businessman and politician}} {{distinguish|Jacob Barrow Montefiore}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jacob Montefiore | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | office = Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | term_start = 3 November 1874 | term_end = 23 July 1877 | term_start2 = 22 May 1856 | term_end2 = 23 April 1860 | birth_name = Jacob Levi | birth_date = {{birth date|1819|1|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Bridgetown, Barbados | death_date = {{Death date and age|1885|1|24|1819|1|11|df=y}} | death_place = London, England | death_cause = | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | spouse = {{marriage|Caroline Louyet|1851}} | relations = Eliezer Levi Montefiore (brother) | children = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Financier | profession = | known_for = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> }} '''Jacob Levi Montefiore''' (11 January 1819 – 24 January 1885) was a British businessman and financier known for his activities in the Australian colony of New South Wales.
==Early life== He was born at Bridgetown in Barbados to merchant Isaac Jacob Levi<ref name=estherhannah>{{cite web | title=Descendants of Pedro De Lousada: Tenth Generation(Continued)| website=The Baruch Lousadas and the Barrows | date=21 February 1933 | url=http://www.barrow-lousada.org/genealogies/pedrodes/aqwg23.htm#133 | access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> and his wife Esther Hannah Montefiore, who was related to Sir Moses Montefiore and the Rothschilds.<ref name=adbejacoblevi>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography | title=Montefiore, Jacob Levi (1819–1885) |first=Martha |last= Rutledge |id2=montefiore-jacob-levi-4225 |access-date=11 December 2020 |year=1974}}</ref> The children adopted their mother's surname, including Jacob's younger brother Eliezer Levi Montefiore.<ref name=adbeliezerlevi>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |title=Montefiore, Eliezer Levi (1820–1894) |first=G.F.J. |last=Bergman |id2=montefiore-eliezer-levi-4224 |access-date=11 December 2020 |year=1974}}</ref>
==New South Wales== In New South Wales he was a squatter and trader. On 9 July 1851 he married Caroline Antonine Gerardine Louyet in London. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1856 to 1860 and again from 1874 to 1877.<ref name=nsw/> He was Belgian Consul from 1863. He also published works on economic theory, was chairman of a number of mining companies, campaigned for free trade, and composed the libretto for the opera ''Don John of Austria'' with music by Isaac Nathan.<ref name=adbejacoblevi/>
==Personal life== Montefiore died in London on {{death date and age|24 January 1885|11 January 1819|df=y}}.<ref name=nsw>{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Jacob Levi Montefiore (1819–1885) |id=485 |former=Yes |accessdate=8 June 2019}}</ref>
He was a nephew of Jacob Barrow Montefiore and Joseph Barrow Montefiore.<ref name=adbjosephbm>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Getzler |first=Israel |title=Joseph Barrow Montefiore |id2=montefiore-joseph-barrow-2472 |access-date=10 December 2020 |year=1967}}</ref>
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