of an indubitable fact." Cohen held various important positions in the London Jewish community. For many years he was president of the Board of Deputies, succeeding his uncle, Sir Moses Montefiore; but he resigned the position in 1894. He was a vice-president of Jews' College, and for many years president of the borough Jewish schools. In 1860, he married Emmeline, daughter of Henry Micholls. Their daughter Margaret married the educationalist Sir Theodore Morison. Bibliography Young Israel, ii., No. 13; People of the Period, 1897; Jewish Year Book, 1901–2. Dictionary of National Biography External link By Joseph Jacobs, Goodman Lipkind References External links Cohen's entry at Who's Who 1830 births 1914 deaths English barristers English Jews Alumni of University College London Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Presidents of the Cambridge Union Politics of the London Borough of Southwark UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 Presidents of the Board of Deputies of British Jews Jewish British politicians Fellows of the British Academy Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom English people of Dutch-Jewish descent Cohen family