Sir Samuel Joseph, 1st Baronet

Samuel Joseph made a name for himself when in 1908, together with his cousin, Sydney Gluckstein, he acquired C. W. Bovis & Co., then a local builder, and expanded it into a major construction business.^[2] It was said that he was a 'genius for organisation'.^[3]

During World War I, Samuel Joseph went off to France to fight in the British Army, as a captain in the Royal Irish Regiment.^[4] On his return he personally supervised a building development at Sussex Square in London for Winston Churchill.^[4]

He later became an underwriter for Lloyd's of London and an Alderman of the City of London.^[2] He served as Sheriff of London for 1933, for which he was knighted in 1934, and Lord Mayor of London for 1942 to 1943.^[2] He became a baronet at the end of his term as Lord Mayor on 16 November 1943.^[5] He died in 1944 aged 56.^[2]

He was married to Edna Cicely (Phillips). Their son, Keith Joseph, went on to be a Cabinet Minister.^[6]

In 1909, his daughter Julia married Sir Samuel Gluckstein, solicitor and politician.^[7]