Israel Sieff

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Israel Sieff

Israel Moses Sieff, Baron Sieff (4 May 1889 – 14 February 1972) was a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
businessman.

He was educated at Manchester Grammar School

Manchester Grammar School

The Manchester Grammar School is an important independent school boys' school in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. Founded in the 16th century as a free grammar school, it continued on a site adjacent to Manchester parish church until 1930, when it moved to the present site....
and Manchester University. One of the theatres at the Manchester Grammar School is named in his honour.

Sieff was chairman of the British retailer, Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is a major United Kingdom retailer, with over 840 stores in Marks & Spencer#International stores around the world, over 600 domestic and 285 international....
from 1964 to 1967. In 1966 he had been created a life peer

Life peer

In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as age and citizenship....
as Baron Sieff, of Brimpton in the Royal County of Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
.

He was president of the Political and Economic Planning

Political and Economic Planning

Political and Economic Planning was a United Kingdom policy think tank, formed in 1931 in response to Edward Max Nicholson's article A National Plan for Britain published in February of that year in Gerald Barry's magazine The Week-End Review....
think-tank from its foundation in 1931, and chairman until 1939.

Upon the tragic death of his son Daniel Sieff --- and with the financial support of his business partners and relatives by marriage, the Marks and Sacher families --- Israel Sieff endowed the 1934 creation, by Chaim Weizmann

Chaim Weizmann

Chaim Azriel Weizmann, , was a Zionism leader, President of the World Zionist Organization, and the first President of the State of Israel. He was Israeli presidential election, 1949 on 1 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952....
, of the Daniel Sieff Research Institute in Rehovot

Rehovot

Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 kilometre south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007 the city had a total population of 106,200....
, present-day Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
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