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— 110 — marriage with Moses Lombrozo de Mattos she had two sons and a daughter. The name of Mocatta was revived by her eldest son Abraham Lombrozo de Mattos born in 1730, who by Royal license in 1791 dropped the names of Lumbrozo de Mattos and substituted for them his maternal grandfather’s name of Mocatta. The Lumbrozo de Mattos family was among the earliest settlers in England during the Commonwealth, and through his uncle Abraham Lum­ brozo de Mattos he was connected with the Francias, who were among the secret community of Jews who lived in London pre­ viously to the coming of Menasseh ben Israel. He entered the business of his grandfather, Abraham Mocatta, in Mansell Street as a youth, and succeeded him as one of the twelve Jew brokers in 1749. In 1783 he became associated with Asher Goldsmid, and the name of the firm was changed to Mocatta and Goldsmid, and in due course became the official brokers to the East India Com­ pany and the Bank of England. After 1810, the firm of Mocatta and Goldsmid, under the guidance of Asher’s famous son, Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, took a great development. It played a great part in financing the early English railways and as contractors for foreign loans. Abraham Mocatta died in 1800 leaving a large fortune. He was a prominent member of the Bevis Marks Syna­ gogue, and was actively associated with the leading Jewish Cha­ rities. In 1759 he married Esther, the heiress of Isaac Lamego, one of the wealthiest members of the Sephardi community. She died in 1799, and by her he Md eleven children. Among his grand­ children was Sir Moses Montefiore. Other grandchildren married into the Basevi family and became brothers and sisters-in-law of Isaac D’Israeli. One of his great great grandchildren married her cousin Ralph Disraeli, a brother of the Earl of Beaconsfield, whose son, Mr. Coningsby Disraeli, was the Earl’s heir. Lucien Wolf.