{{Short description|South African family of English-Jewish descent}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{for|the German-American family|Joel family (German-American)}} thumb|Solomon Joel The '''Joel family''' of England was headed by three brothers, Jack, Woolf and Solomon, who made a fortune in diamond and gold mining in South Africa. Their father was Joel Joel (1836–1893) and their mother Catherine "Kate" Joel ''née'' Isaacs (1840–1917), a sister of Barnett Isaacs, later known as Barney Barnato.
As well as being prominent Randlords, several of the Joel family became widely known in thoroughbred horse racing as owner/breeders of numerous winners of British Classic Races.
==The Joel brothers== * Jack Barnato Joel (1862–1940), mining magnate, Chairman of Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd (from 1931), Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder married to Olive Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937), daughter of Thomas Sopwith. * Woolf Barnato Joel (1863–1898), South African mining magnate * Solomon Barnato Joel (1865–1931), mining, brewing and railway magnate
==Other Joels== Other prominent members of the Joel family include: * Stanhope Henry Joel (1903–1973), businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder * Dudley Joel (1904–1941), businessman, politician, World War II naval officer
==Other relations== * Barney Barnato * Joel Woolf Barnato, son of Barney Barnato **Diana Barnato Walker
==Family tree== Joel Joel (1836/1837 - 7 Apr 1893), son of Isaac Joel (c1800-1847) and Rebecca Solomon (c1800-1842). Joel Joel married Catherine Isaacs (1840, Spitalfields - 8 Nov 1917). She was the daughter of Isaac Isaacs and Leah Harris # Jack Barnato Joel (29 Sep 1862 - 13 Nov 1940) x Edith Richards (3 children) xx Olive Coulson Sopwith (1876-1937)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=942 |title=Jack Barnato Joel (1862-1940) |accessdate=2011-02-06 |publisher= |archive-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131093454/http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=942 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ## Harry "Jim" Joel (1894 – 23 March 1992), businessman, philanthropist, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder ## May b.1892 d.10 Feb 1971 ## Kathleen # Woolf Joel (22 Nov 1863-14 March 1898) (shot dead in Johannesburg office by blackmailer Baron Kurt von Veltheim whose real name was Karl Frederic Moritz Kurtze, and was born at Allhausen, Brunswick, on 4 December 1857) ## Geoffrey (10 March 1896 London - 22 March 1957 Johannesburg) x Edith - maiden name unknown.<ref>Edith is shown on the National Archives of the UK, in the UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960. Both Geoffrey and Edith arrived in Southampton, England, on the Athlone Castle ship on the 21 May 1954.</ref> # Solomon Barnato Joel (23 May 1865 - 22 May 1931) married Ellen "Nellie" Ridley (1867-14 August 1919) (5 children) xx Phoebe Carlow ## Doris Irene Kathleen b. 1898 d. 14 August 1919 x Arthur Walter ## Woolf 26 April 1892 d.13 November 1923, named after Uncle Woolf Joel ## Stanhope Henry b.8 February 1903 at 2 Gt. Stanhope St, Mayfair x Gladys MacFadden ### Solna, married Harry Thomson Jones ### Dana ### Thalia ## Dudley Jack Barnato (26 April 1904 - 26 May 1941) (drowned at sea) - Conservative Party Member of Parliament x Esme Ritchie ## Eileen Daphne Solvia (20 March 1907 - 30 Jan 1974) x John Rogerson
==See also== * Joel Stakes * Sol Joel Park * Diana Barnato Walker
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008224541/http://www.dragonhotel.com/familytree/PS05/PS05_495.htm Joel Family Tree]
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