Sir Otto Jaffé

1846 - 1929  (82 Jahre)

• Name	Sir Otto Jaffé
  Titel	Sir
  Residence	von 1846 bis 1852	Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland
  Geboren	13 Aug 1846	Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland
  Geschlecht	männlich
  Emigration	1852	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  Emigration	1867	New York City, New York, United States (USA)
  Residence	von 1867 bis 1877	New York City, New York, United States (USA)
  Emigration	1877	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  Occupation/Beruf	von 1877	Bedford Street, Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  	Kaufmann, Chef der Handelsfirma "The Jaffe Brothers" (Leinen)
  Residence	von 1877 bis 1916	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  Occupation/Beruf	von 1899	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  	Mayor (Bürgermeister)
  Event	Mrz 1900
  	Zum Ritter geschlagen, Lord Cardogan
  Occupation/Beruf	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  	deutscher Konsul
  Occupation/Beruf	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  	Governor des Royal Hospital
  Occupation/Beruf	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  	Justice of Peace
  Occupation/Beruf	Kaufmann
  Occupation/Beruf	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  	Mitglied des "Irish Technical Education Board"
  Occupation/Beruf	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  	Mitglied des Senats des Queen's College
  Occupation/Beruf	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  	Präsident der Jüdischen Gemeinde
  Occupation/Beruf	Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien
  	Vorsitzender der "Belfast Harbour Commission"
  Residence	von 1916 bis 1929	London, England, Großbritannien
  Biography	Sir Otto Jaffe, JP (born 13 August 1846, Hamburg – died 29 April 1929, London) was a German-born Jewish businessman, who was twice elected Lord Mayor of Belfast. In 1852, his parents, Daniel Joseph and Frederiké brought their family of four boys and five girls from Hamburg to Belfast. Daniel Jaffe along with his older sons, Martin, John and Alfred, set up a business exporting linen. See separate article on Daniel Joseph Jaffé for Martin's younger son. Otto was educated at Mr Tate’s school in Holywood, County Down, and later in Hamburg and Switzerland. Otto Jaffe married Paula Hertz from Braunschweig on 8 March 1879. They had two sons, Arthur and William. From 1867–77 he lived and worked in New York. In 1877, his brothers retired, so he returned to Belfast to head the family business, "The Jaffe Brothers" at Bedford Street. He built it up to become the largest linen exporter in Ireland. He was a member of the Belfast Harbour Commission. In 1894, he successfully agitated for the reporting and destruction of derelicts in the North Atlantic Ocean. He was a Justice of the Peace, a governor of the Royal Hospital, a member of the Irish Technical Education Board and a member of the Senate of Queen's College, which later became Queen's University of Belfast. He was the German consul in Belfast. He was an active member of the committee which got the Public Libraries Act extended to Belfast, leading to the first free library being established there. In 1910 he erected the Jaffe Spinning Mill on the Newtownards Road, also known as Strand Spinning. This provided work for 350 people, rising to 650 in 1914 when the company expanded to make munitions. He was lavishly charitable and contributed to Queen's College. Otto Jaffe took a keen interest in the Jewish community of Belfast. He was life-president of the Belfast Hebrew Congregation, which worshipped at the Great Victoria Street synagogue. His father established it on 7 July 1871. Between 1871 and 1903 this congregation increased from fifty-five to over a thousand. He paid most of the £4,000 cost of building the synagogue in Annesley Street. He opened it, in 1904, wearing his mayoral regalia. Three years later with his wife, Paula, they set up the 'Jaffe School for the Jewish Children of Belfast' on the Cliftonville Road. In 1888 Otto Jaffe had been naturalised as a British citizen and denaturalised as a German citizen. He was a member of the Irish Unionist Party. He represented St Anne's Ward for the Belfast Corporation in 1894 and was elected Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1899. As mayor, he launched an appeal for the dependants of soldiers fighting in the Boer War. £10,000 was raised. In March 1900, he was knighted by Lord Cadogan. In 1901 he was High Sheriff of Belfast, and in 1904 he was again elected Lord Mayor. The outbreak of war saw anti-German sentiment and when the Lusitania passenger liner was torpedoed by a German submarine of the coast of Cork on 7 May 1915 which resulted in the death of 1,000 people, anti-German feeling in Britain and Ireland rose to breaking point. Even though he was loyal to the Crown, and his eldest son Arthur and his nephew were serving in the British Army, Sir Otto was accused of being a German spy. In a letter to the Northern Whig newspaper in May 1915, Sir Otto stated: "how anyone who has any knowledge of me and my life would think that I could approve of the horrible and detestable actions of which she (Germany) has been guilty is almost beyond my comprehension. He also described himself as being "overwhelmed with pain and sorrow". After twenty-five years of service, he resigned his post on as Alderman of Windsor Ward for Belfast City Council in June 1916 when he was almost 70 years of age and took up residence in London, where he died in April 1929. Lady Jaffe was too ill to attend his funeral, and she died a few months later, in August 1929. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Jaffe (24.11.2016)
  Gestorben	29 Apr 1929	London, England, Großbritannien
  Notizen	Quellen: Stammtafeln Rothschild-Rothfels, Erwin W. Ebert, 1930, JMH
  Personen-Kennung	I20348
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	24 Nov 2016

  
  

  Vater	Daniel Joseph Jaffé
  Mutter	Frederiké
  Familien-Kennung	F3494	Familienblatt

  
  

  Familie	Paula Hertz,   geb. 01 Nov 1854
  Verheiratet	8 Mrz 1879
  Kinder	+ 1. Arthur Jaffé,   geb. 26 Jan 1880 + 2. William Jaffé,   geb. 28 Dez 1884
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	24 Nov 2016
  Familien-Kennung	F34458	Familienblatt

  
  

• Ereignis-Karte		Residence - von 1846 bis 1852 - Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland Geboren - 13 Aug 1846 - Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland Emigration - 1852 - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Emigration - 1867 - New York City, New York, United States (USA) Residence - von 1867 bis 1877 - New York City, New York, United States (USA) Emigration - 1877 - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Occupation/Beruf - Kaufmann, Chef der Handelsfirma "The Jaffe Brothers" (Leinen) - von 1877 - Bedford Street, Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Residence - von 1877 bis 1916 - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Occupation/Beruf - Mayor (Bürgermeister) - von 1899 - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Occupation/Beruf - deutscher Konsul - - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Occupation/Beruf - Governor des Royal Hospital - - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Occupation/Beruf - Justice of Peace - - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Occupation/Beruf - Mitglied des "Irish Technical Education Board" - - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Occupation/Beruf - Mitglied des Senats des Queen's College - - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Occupation/Beruf - Präsident der Jüdischen Gemeinde - - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Occupation/Beruf - Vorsitzender der "Belfast Harbour Commission" - - Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien Residence - von 1916 bis 1929 - London, England, Großbritannien Gestorben - 29 Apr 1929 - London, England, Großbritannien  = Link zu Google Maps   = Link zu Google Earth
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• Fotos		Sir Otto Jaffe Sir Otto Jaffe Portrait by John Haynes-Williams
  		Sir Otto Jaffe Sir Otto Jaffe Portrait by John Haynes-Williams