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British merchant and Liberal Party politician
Israel Hart (1896) by Arthur Stockdale Cope in Leicester Town Hall

Sir Israel Hart (16 February 1835 – 24 March 1911) was a British merchant and Liberal Party politician.

Background

Hart was twice married. He married Caroline Sewill in 1867 but she died the following year. In 1875, he married Charlotte Victoria Moses of Bayswater, London. They had one daughter, Vera Charlotte Hart, who married the son of Emanuel Raphael Belilios and three sons; Edward Samuel, Arthur Charles and Leycester Israel George who died in infancy.

Hart was knighted in 1895.

Professional career

He was chairman of Hart & Levy, wholesale merchants and garment manufacturers of Leicester.

Political career

The fountain he presented in Town Hall Square, Leicester

Hart first became active in municipal politics, being elected to Leicester Town Council. He served as a councillor for 25 years and was Mayor of Leicester from 1884-6 and 1893-94. In 1885 he was appointed High Bailiff of the borough of Leicester. Hart was the first Jewish man to be mayor of Leicester.

On 29 October 1878 he presented to the council "a handsome ornamental fountain to be placed in the centre of the land fronting the Town Hall Buildings" for the purpose of keeping open a public square for all time. The fountain was designed by Francis Hames, the architect of the Town Hall, and was unveiled by Hart on 24 September 1879; it is constructed of bronze-painted cast iron, Shap granite and Ross of Mull granite. He also presented a free library to the town.

He was Liberal parliamentary candidate for the Hythe division of Kent at the 1895 General Election and the 1899 Hythe by-election. He was Liberal candidate for the Hackney Central division of London at the 1900 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.

Electoral record

1900 General Election: Hackney Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen 3,747 62.6 10.1
Liberal Sir Israel Hart 2,243 37.4 −10.1
Majority 1,504
Turnout 8,692 68.9
Conservative hold Swing

Arms

Coat of arms of Israel Hart
Notes
Granted 28 February 1896
Crest
Upon a fasces a hart as in the Arms the dexter foreleg resting on a crown vallery Azure.
Escutcheon
Vert a hart trippant Or between four cinquefoils of the last and a fasces fessewise in base Proper head to the sinister.
Motto
Via Trita Via Tuta (The well-worn path is the safe path)

See also

References

  1. ^ ‘HART, Sir Israel’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 4 May 2015
  2. "A brief history of the community". Leicester Hebrew Congregation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. "Town Hall Square Fountain". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  4. Cavanagh, Terry; Yarrington, Allison (1 September 2000). Public Sculpture of Leicestershire and Rutland. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0853236550.
  5. Historic England. "Fountain (Grade II) (1074781)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  6. British parliamentary election results 1974-1983, Craig, F.W.S.
  7. "Grant of arms to Sir Israel Hart 1896". Heraldry Online. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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