Nathan Marcus Adler

Nathan Marcus Adler, first Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, was a founder of the United Synagogue in 1870 and of a form of orthodox Jewish practice which lasts to this day.

Vicky Proctor31 May 2020

Nettie Adler

Henrietta Adler, known as “Nettie”, was one of the first two women on the London County Council, the body that governed London from 1889 to 1965.

Vicky Proctor30 May 2020

Rosalind Franklin

Possibly the most famous of all people buried at Willesden, chemist Rosalind Franklin played a key part in the discovery of the structure of the human genetic code.

tracy Fielding29 May 2020

Jane Joseph

Jane Joseph was a promising musician and arranger whom composer Gustav Holst called “possibly the best pupil I ever had”. Much of her work is lost.

Vicky Proctor28 May 2020

Samuel Moses

Samuel Moses ran a shipping fleet that plied between Australia and Britain, trading wool for consumer goods. He was the first person to be buried at Willesden Cemetery.

tracy Fielding27 May 2020

Madame Rachel

A beautician and blackmailer whose exploits were the sensation of mid-19th century crime reporting. She was prosecuted twice for fraud.

tracy Fielding26 May 2020

Hannah Rosebery

Descended from the Rothschild banking family of Frankfurt, Hannah became the richest woman in England and married a future prime minister.

tracy Fielding25 May 2020

Walter Rothschild

Walter much preferred zoology to the family business of finance. He created a national scientific collection and was recipient of the “Balfour Declaration”, a milestone in the history of Zionism.

tracy Fielding24 May 2020

Harriet Samuel

If you ever stopped to think who was H. Samuel, the person behind the name on the high street jewellery stores, you would possibly not conclude it was a Victorian Jewish lady from Liverpool.

tracy Fielding23 May 2020