Sir Benjamin Cohen, 1st Baronet

Apart from his business activities he was involved in public and political works and in supporting Jewish charities.

In 1887 his brother, Lionel Louis Cohen, president of the Board of Guardians for the Relief of the Jewish Poor, died.

[1] In the 1880s he was involved in the resettlement of Russian Jews, and supported proto-Zionist groups seeking to settle in Palestine.

[4] Cohen died after a long illness at his home in Hyde Park Gardens, London, in November 1909 aged 64.

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