Hermann Adler HaKohen CVO (30 May 1839 – 18 July 1911; Hebrew: נפתלי צבי הירש הכהן אדלר) was the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1891 to 1911.

[1] He received his semikha (Rabbinic ordination) from Rabbi Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport.

He later received honorary degrees from Scottish and English universities, including Oxford.

The building was consecrated by Adler who declared "Ireland is the only country in the world which cannot be charged with persecuting Jews".

[4] Adler wrote extensively on topics of Anglo-Jewish history and published two volumes of sermons.