(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A contribution to the biography of the Marquis of Reading, the only Jewish Marquis in England, was made in a communication of a Jewish firm to the “Juedische Liberale Zeitung.”
The firm Junker Heynemann, vegetable brokers, furnished the following information concerning the early commercial career of the Marquis.
In 1877 Isaac Rufus was sent to Germany by his father who at that time ran a potato and fruit business in London. Young Isaac was sent for the purpose of purchasing potatoes. While in Germany he went to Magdeburg where he decided to remain a year to learn the business. During that time he was befriended by Gustav Heynemann, the head of the Jewish community of Magdeburg at that time. Mr. Heynemann died in 1924. Among his effects was found a picture of Reading when he was seventeen. The picture was sent to Lord Reading who was then Viceroy of India. This brought an acknowledgment from the Viceroy, thanking the executors for the thought which prompted them to send him the picture.
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