Neville Ashenheim
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Sir Neville Noel Ashenheim (18 December 1900 – 1 September 1984) was a Jamaican businessman, lawyer, politician, and served as the first Jamaican Ambassador to the United States.[1] He received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II on 1 January 1963.[2] Ashenheim served his post as ambassador until March 1967[3] He was the great-grandson of Lewis Ashenheim, who coedited The First Fruits of the West, the first Jewish periodical in the West Indies.[4] Neville himself was a Jew.[5]
