Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar

He was a son of Donna Simha da Fonseca, who died 1755, and Baron Diego Pereira d'Aguilar, a Jewish businessman, community leader and philanthropist, originally a Portuguese converso.

[1] He succeeded to his father's title and fortune upon his death on 10 August 1759 in London, and for a time lived in luxurious style with twenty servants at the Broad Street Buildings.

Subsequently, he became known as a miserly and eccentric person, giving up his mansion in Broad Street as well as his country houses at Bethnal Green, Twickenham, and Sydenham.

His establishment at Colebrook Row, Islington, was popularly styled "Starvation Farm", because of the scanty food provided for the cattle.

His children included:[3] After the death of his first wife on 5 May 1763, d'Aguilar married Rebecca (née Lamego) da Costa on 5 March 1767.

Upon his death at Islington in 1802, d'Aguilar left a fortune valued at £200,000 hidden throughout the dwelling to his two daughters who survived him.

Arms of the d'Aguilar Barons
D'Aguilar, merchant, late of Broad Street Buildings, &c, 1802.
Baron D'Aguilar of Starvation Farm, engraved by B. Page, published by J. Robins & Co., London, 1821.