Dayan MELDOLA David Raphael

1799 - 1853  (54 years)

• Name	MELDOLA David Raphael
  Title	Dayan
  Born	1799	Leghorn   [1]
  	Alternative year of birth 1797 From Jewish Encyclopedia.
  Gender	Male
  Other	He obtained the rabbinical degree at Leghorn, and after the death of his father was elected presiding officer of the bet din of the London Sephardic community. Although not given the title of haham, he was the acting chief rabbi from 1828 until his death. It was during his incumbency that the London Jewish community passed through the stormy period of the early Reform movement. Meldola was the founder, in conjunction with Moses Angel, of the London "Jewish Chronicle."[Source: Jewish Encyclopedia]
  Died	2 Mar 1853
  	GRO: Mar 1853 Meldola David Whitechapel 1c 313
  Buried	4 Mar 1853	Velho Sephardic Cemetery
  	Inscription: Dayan David Meldola died 22nd Adar 5613 - 2nd Mar 1853 aged 54
  		Meldola, Dayan David Plot: Row 21.5, No 3
  Person ID	I17158	CemeteryScribes.com
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Haham MELDOLA Raphael Hezekiah,   b. 1754, Leghorn, Italy ,   d. 3 Jun 1828, London  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	BOLAFFI (ABULAFIA) Estella (Stella),   b. 1781, Italy ,   d. 20 Jul 1851  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F3351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DIAS Esther [Esther b Hiam],   d. 1853
  Married	16 Nov 1831	Bevis Marks
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F3716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Taken from date of death and age at death.