Jack Barnato Joel

Isaac Barnato Joel{{cite web|title=JOEL, SOLOMON BARNATO|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0011_0_10195.html|publisher=jewishvirtuallibrary.org|accessdate=12 October 2016}} was born on 29 September 1862 into a Jewish family, being one of three sons of Joel Joel (1836/7–1893), a London tavernkeeper of the King of Prussia, and Catherine "Kate" Isaacs (1840–1917). Catherine's brother was Barnet Isaacs, later known as Barney Barnato (1851–1897). Along with his brothers Solomon Joel and Woolf Joel, he was taken under the wing of Barney Barnato and made a fortune from the Barnato Diamond Mining Company.{{cite news |title=Wagers Laid on Joel's Suit for Blackmail. Odds in Favor of Sievier. Joel Is Late Barney Barnato's Nephew |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C16FF395A17738DDDA00994DF405B888CF1D3 |quote=Not only in sporting circles but in Mayfair and the City there is keen interest in the charges made against Robert S. Sievier, editor of The Winning Post and owner of race horses, by J.B. Joel, the South African mining magnate, who also owns racers. Joel alleges that Sievier attempted to blackmail him to the extent of $25,000. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 July 1908 |accessdate=6 February 2011 }}

Joel was accused of Illicit Diamond Buying "IDB"{{cite book|last1=Bar-Yosef|first1=E.|last2=Valman|first2=N.|title='The Jew' in Late-Victorian and Edwardian Culture: Between the East End and East Africa|date=15 January 2009|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230594371|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JGGDAAAQBAJ&dq=isaac+Jack+Barnato+Joel&pg=PA43|accessdate=12 October 2016|language=en}} in South Africa under the 1882 Diamond Trade Act violation, but Cecil Rhodes was able to get him released so he could return to London.{{cite book|last1=Kienholz|first1=M.|title=Opium Traders and Their Worlds-Volume Two: A Revisionist Exposé of the World's Greatest Opium Traders|date=13 October 2008|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595613267|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g89EKRFhalMC&dq=isaac+Jack+Barnato+Joel&pg=PT33|accessdate=12 October 2016|language=en}}

Joel served as Chairman of Johannesburg, South Africa Consolidated Investment Company Ltd from 1931 until his death in 1941. He also had a large interest in Diamond Corporation Ltd. and the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.

Beginning in 1900 when he registered his colours of 'black jacket, scarlet cap', he was a thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder, who won The Derby twice, first in 1911{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=GRA19110717.2.3&srpos=2&e=11-07-1911-20-07-1911--10--1----0Sunstar-- |title=SUNSTAR'S DERBY |publisher=Grey River Argus |date=17 July 1911 |accessdate=17 February 2012}} with Sunstar in front of the King and Queen,{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AG19110601.2.34&srpos=2&e=01-06-1911-01-06-1911--10--1----0Sunstar-- |title=A BRILLIANT DERBY |work=Ashburton Guardian |date=1 June 1911 |accessdate=17 February 2012}} and second in 1921 with Humorist.{{cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19210727.2.133&srpos=12&e=01-01-1920-01-01-1923--10--11----0Humorist+Derby-- |title=VICTORY BY A NECK |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |date=27 July 1921 |accessdate=3 November 2011}}

He won the St Leger Stakes twice, first in 1908 with Your Majesty and again in 1914 with Black Jester.{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19140911-1.2.58.aspx|title=The St. Leger. Reuter's Telegram.|date=11 November 1914|work=The Straits Times|pages=9|accessdate=23 September 2012}} In 1914, he donated £1,000 from the St Leger prize money to various charities or "Relief Funds".{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OSWCC19141110.2.30&srpos=3&e=01-11-1914-30-11-1914--10--1----2Black+Jester-- |title=THE SPORTING WORLD |publisher=Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle |date=10 November 1914 |accessdate=4 September 2012}} He also won The Oaks{{cite book|last1=Tanner|first1=Michael|title=The Suffragette Derby|date=21 May 2013|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=9781849546065|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQGuAwAAQBAJ&dq=Jack+Barnato+Joel&pg=PT118|accessdate=12 October 2016|language=en}} four times. First in 1903 with Our Lassie, then in 1907 with Glass Doll, followed by a win in 1913 with Jest, and a consecutive win in 1914 with Princess Dorrie.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10788847|title=SPORTING CABLES. THE OAKS. WON BY JEST. LONDON |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne) |date=9 June 1913 |accessdate=2 September 2012}}

File:Northaw Place, Northaw (geograph 3387459).jpgFile:Childwickbury Manor.JPG house]]Joel married Edith Fanny Richards (1866–1901), with whom he had three children:

• May Joel (1893–1971)
• Harry "Jim" Joel (1894–1992), who won the Thirsk Classic Trial Stakes in 1960,{{cite news|title=Epsom Derby Favorite Wins Thirsk Mile Trial|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/04/10/99944080.html?pageNumber=237|accessdate=12 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=10 April 1960}} The Derby with Royal Palace in 1967,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LSJlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IIgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1071,1620789&dq=royal-palace+epsom&hl=en |title=Royal Palace wins 188th Epsom Derby |work=Edmonton Journal |date=7 June 1967 |accessdate=14 June 2012}} and the Grand National with Maori Venture in 1987.
• Kathleen Nellie Joel (b. 1890), who married George Henry Holt Freeman (born c. 1878) in 1914.{{cite news|title=MISS JOEL'S QUIET WEDDING {{!}} Married by Special License – Big Church Ceremony Canceled.|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/08/16/105457623.html?pageNumber=15|accessdate=12 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=16 August 1914}}

In 1907,{{cite web|title=Mrs Jack Barnato Joel, née Olivie Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937).|url=http://lafayette.org.uk/joe5355a.html|publisher=lafayette.org.uk|accessdate=12 October 2016}} after Edith's death, he married Olive Coulson Sopwith (1876–1937),{{cite news|title=MRS. JACK BARNATO JOEL {{!}} Wife of Philanthropist and a Sister of Sopwith, Yachtsman|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/12/18/94473771.html?pageNumber=21|accessdate=12 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=18 December 1937}} daughter of Thomas Sopwith,{{cite web|title=Sitter: Mrs Jack Barnato Joel, née Olivie Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937).|url=http://lafayette.org.uk/joe5355a.html|publisher=Lafayette Negative Archive}} an English mining engineer and local historian.Sopwith, R. (1994), Thomas Sopwith, Surveyor An Exercise in Self-Help

Joel died on 13 November 1941 at his home at St. Albans, Hertfordshire.{{cite news|title=JACK B. JOEL DIES {{!}} BRITISH TURFMAN {{!}} Millionaire Breeder and Race Horse Owner Had Large Gold-Mining Interests {{!}} WON EPSOM DERBY IN 1911 {{!}} Brother of Sol Joel Released Jockey Donoghue to Ride Papyrus Against Zev|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1940/11/14/113115492.html?pageNumber=23|accessdate=12 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=14 November 1940}} His estate, valued at {{US$|15500000|1941}} with an assessed inheritance tax of {{US$|6700000|1941}}, was left his son Harry.{{cite book|last1=Rubinstein|first1=W.|last2=Jolles|first2=Michael A.|title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History|date=27 January 2011|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230304666|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_T_HCg17ufIC&dq=isaac+Jack+Barnato+Joel&pg=PA487|accessdate=12 October 2016|language=en}} In his will, he stated that he was unable to leave any charitable donations because of the "crushing burden of present-day taxation."{{cite news|title=J.B. Joel Left $15,500,000 Estate|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/06/01/105155257.html?pageNumber=3|accessdate=12 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=1 June 1941}}

In 1905, his residence was 34 Grosvenor Square in the Mayfair district of London, England,{{cite book|title=Who's Who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary|date=1905|publisher=A. & C. Black|location=London|page=859|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Za5LAAAAMAAJ&dq=Jack+Barnato+Joel+Who%27s+Who&pg=PA859|accessdate=12 October 2016|language=en}} the former home of Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet and Robert Richardson-Gardner,[http://www.iln.org.uk/iln_years/year/1898.htm Illustrated London News 1898] and Northaw House in Northaw, Hertfordshire.{{cite book|title=The Anglo-African Who's who and Biographical Sketch-book|date=1907|publisher=George Routledge & Sons, Limited|page=162|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jO9AAQAAMAAJ&dq=Northaw+House+joel&pg=PA162|accessdate=12 October 2016|language=en}}

In 1906,{{cite web|title=Jim Joel : A Rich Legacy|url=http://www.summerhill.co.za/blog/2013/2/25/jim-joel-a-rich-legacy.html|website=Summerhill Stud|accessdate=12 October 2016}} Joel purchased Childwickbury Manor and the stud farm from the estate of Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet,{{cite book|last1=Thompson|first1=Prof F. M. L.|title=Gentrification and the Enterprise Culture : Britain 1780–1980: Britain 1780–1980|date=5 April 2001|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=9780191581595|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_0zlFGPAUQC&dq=Jack+Barnato+Joel&pg=PA168|accessdate=12 October 2016|language=en}} who had built a horse farm there.[http://www.stmichaels-parishchurch.org.uk/stmary.asp St Michael's Parish Church] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502162123/http://www.stmichaels-parishchurch.org.uk/stmary.asp |date=2 May 2009 }} After the death of his son, the stud farm was purchased by the Marquesa de Moratella and in 1978, Stanley Kubrick, the film director, bought the manor, his widow, Christiane Kubrick, continues to live in the home.

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