reader a correct idea of the contents of the book, to
entitle it "The Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore."

In order, however, to comply with the instructions of the will, I
shall, in giving the particulars of their family descent, first
introduce the parentage of Lady Montefiore.

To assist the reader in finding the exact month and year referring to
Hebrew Communal affairs, I have always given the Hebrew date
conjointly with that of the Christian era, more especially as all the
entries in the diaries invariably have these double dates.

L. LOEWE.

1 Oscar Villas, Broadstairs, Kent,
_21st June 1887_ (5647 A.M.).

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PAGE

Birth of Sir Moses Montefiore at Leghorn--His
Family--Early Years 1

CHAPTER II.

Early Education--Becomes a Stockbroker--His Marriage 12

CHAPTER III.

Extracts from the Diaries--Financial Transactions--Public
Events before and after Waterloo--Elected President of
the Spanish and Portuguese Hebrew Community 19

CHAPTER IV.

Daily Life--Death of his Brother Abraham--An early
Panama Canal Project 25

CHAPTER V.

First Journey to Jerusalem 36

CHAPTER VI.

Mr and Mrs Montefiore leave Alexandria--A Sea Voyage
Sixty Years ago 47

CHAPTER VII.

Arrival in England--Illness of Mr Montefiore--The
Struggle for Jewish Emancipation 55

CHAPTER VIII.

Lady Hester Stanhope--Her Eccentricities--Parliament
and the Jews 63

CHAPTER IX.

Mr Montefiore presented to the King--Spanish and
Portuguese Jews in London in 1829 69

CHAPTER X.

Interview with the Duke of Wellington in furtherance of
the Jewish--Cause--The Duke's Dilatory Tactics--Laying
the Foundation-stone of the Synagogue at Hereson 78

CHAPTER XI.

Lord Brougham and the Jews--The Jewish Poor in
London--Mr Montefiore hands his Broker's Medal to his
Brother--Dedication of the Synagogue at Hereson--The
Lords reject the Jewish Disabilities Bill 86

CHAPTER XII.

Illness of Mr Montefiore--His Recovery--Sir David
Salomons proposed as Sheriff--Visit of the Duchess of
Kent