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A Fine Cased 25-Bore Silver-Mounted Percussion Military Prize RifleBy Thomas Jackson, 29 Edwards Street, Portman Square, London, No. 2296, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1860, Maker's Mark EP
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By Thomas Jackson, 29 Edwards Street, Portman Square, London, No. 2296, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1860, Maker's Mark EP
By Thomas Jackson, 29 Edwards Street, Portman Square, London, No. 2296, Birmingham Silver Hallmarks For 1860, Maker's Mark EP
81.9 cm. barrel
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The donor Sir Francis Goldsmid (1808-1878) was a philanthropist and politician. Following a private education he was called to the bar in 1833 and became queen's counsel in 1858. In 1860 he entered parliament as Liberal M.P. for Reading, a constituency he represented until his death. As a young man he actively cooperated with his father to secure to the Jews full emancipation from civil and political disabilities. He was associated with various Jewish religious and charitable organizations and was elected president of the Council of Founders of the West London Synagogue. He was vice-president of the Anglo-Jewish Association from its establishment in 1871, and was president of the Rumanian Committee which originated in the association. His greatest services to his race were, however, in the direction of improving the social condition of the Jews in those countries in which they were oppressed. Goldsmid was deputy lieutenant for Berkshire and this is most likely the reason for his presenting this prize rifle to the 1st Berkshire Volunteer Corps. in 1861. See Marks and Löwy, Life of Sir Francis Goldsmid, 1882