Sir Solomon de Medina (ca.1650, Bordeaux – 15 September 1730, Amsterdam[1]) was an army contractor for William III and the first Jew to be knighted in England.
During the War of the Spanish Succession (1702–14) he accompanied John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough on his campaigns, advanced him funds, and furnished provisions for the troops.
He also established a system of expresses which outstripped those of the government, so that his agents were in possession of important news before it reached the ministers of the Crown.
His negotiations were made evident in an attack on the Duke of Marlborough in Parliament in 1711 for giving Medina a yearly payment of £6,000.
[2] Sir Solomon de Medina was at one time the largest contributor to the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London.