Villains (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag) - Revision history

Craig Holly: /* Sampson Gideon */

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Sampson Gideon

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	* One of the first intermarriages		* One of the first intermarriages
	** “Gideon also made history in another way, as he was one of the first leading Jews to marry an English woman. His wife Jane… came from a respectable family.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n357/mode/2up 359])		** “Gideon also made history in another way, as he was one of the first leading Jews to marry an English woman. His wife Jane… came from a respectable family.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n357/mode/2up 359])
	*** His son had full privileges. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n357/mode/2up 359])		*** His son married the daughter of a powerful and influential man, Sir John Eardley Wilmot, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n389/mode/2up 391])
			**** His son had full privileges and quickly entered parliament. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n357/mode/2up 359]) ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n389/mode/2up 391])
	* A supposed convert to Christianity who avoided Jews to some extent, but still kept his Jewish identity in large measure ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/306/mode/2up 360])		* A supposed convert to Christianity who avoided Jews to some extent, but still kept his Jewish identity in large measure ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/306/mode/2up 360])
	** Gideon is an example of why converting Jews doesn’t work. Even the ones that take the reverse Faustian bargain will chip away at the barriers keeping full Jews out.		** Gideon is an example of why converting Jews doesn’t work. Even the ones that take the reverse Faustian bargain will chip away at the barriers keeping full Jews out.
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	* A force behind the Naturalization Bill		* A force behind the Naturalization Bill
	** “Given all of this, it should now be quite clear that the Jewish Naturalization Act did not come into being without influence from the Hebrews. The Jewish side also openly admits that it was Gideon who, at the same time as the bill was going through Parliament, wanted to have the question clarified as to whether Jews could become property owners or not. As a result, one could presume that Gideon would see the law as a step closer to his desired goal.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/306/mode/2up 361])		** “Given all of this, it should now be quite clear that the Jewish Naturalization Act did not come into being without influence from the Hebrews. The Jewish side also openly admits that it was Gideon who, at the same time as the bill was going through Parliament, wanted to have the question clarified as to whether Jews could become property owners or not. As a result, one could presume that Gideon would see the law as a step closer to his desired goal.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/306/mode/2up 361])
	*** “Jew Israel Solomons, who puts forward his theory in no uncertain terms:		*** “Jew Israel Solomons, who puts forward his theory in no uncertain terms: It may be conjectured that Gideon undoubtedly exercised great influence with the Pelhams in promoting the Naturalisation Bill... Gideon, perhaps from purely personal or selfish motives, was anxious for the success of the project. Should the Bill pass, it might be the stepping-stone to further concessions. He was an ambitious man, eager for social aggrandisement, with hopes of a seat in Parliament and a place in the baronetage.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/306/mode/2up 361])

	* It may be conjectured that Gideon undoubtedly exercised great influence with the Pelhams in promoting the Naturalisation Bill...
	* Gideon, perhaps from purely personal or selfish motives, was anxious for the success of the project. Should the Bill pass, it might be the stepping-stone to further concessions. He was an ambitious man, eager for social aggrandisement, with hopes of a seat in Parliament and a place in the baronetage.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/306/mode/2up 361])

	== Sir Robert Walpole ==		== Sir Robert Walpole ==

Craig Holly: /* Oliver Cromwell */

2026-02-22T19:36:25Z

Oliver Cromwell

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	** A world meeting of Jews was held to decide if he was or not. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n169/mode/2up 170])		** A world meeting of Jews was held to decide if he was or not. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n169/mode/2up 170])
	* There is evidence that even Cromwell hated the Jews, as he said at the Whitehall Conference. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n205/mode/2up 206])		* There is evidence that even Cromwell hated the Jews, as he said at the Whitehall Conference. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n205/mode/2up 206])
			* Despite the result of the Whitehall Conference, Cromwell let the Jews stay in England and practice their religion secretly, as long as it wouldn't cause a scandal. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/314/mode/2up 213])

	== Menasseh ben Israel ==		== Menasseh ben Israel ==

Craig Holly: /* Anthony Eden */

2025-11-20T00:46:19Z

Anthony Eden

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	* Quick to execute Jewish demands		* Quick to execute Jewish demands
	** “... the well-known American Jews Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Louis Brandeis protested to Roosevelt about the fact that during the meeting of the Palestine Committee there were attempts to stop Jewish immigration. Roosevelt agreed with them and accordingly telegraphed Anthony Eden, then Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who immediately acceded to the request.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/450/mode/2up 674])		** “... the well-known American Jews Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Louis Brandeis protested to Roosevelt about the fact that during the meeting of the Palestine Committee there were attempts to stop Jewish immigration. Roosevelt agreed with them and accordingly telegraphed Anthony Eden, then Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who immediately acceded to the request.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/450/mode/2up 674])
	* “The Semitic connections of the former War Secretary, now Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden — a student of Baldwin — are so obvious to everyone that we need hardly repeat what is known.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n699/mode/2up 700]) '''[~~Do you know of~~ a ~~source~~ that ~~neatly details these connections that Aldag considers self~~-~~evident?~~]~~'''~~		* “The Semitic connections of the former War Secretary, now Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden — a student of Baldwin — are so obvious to everyone that we need hardly repeat what is known.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n699/mode/2up 700])
			** Aldag may be referencing Eden's rumored (and likely) homosexual activities.
			*** Eden was a prominent member of the "glamour boys," an unofficial group of war hawks in British Parliament who were anti-Hitler early on.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_Boys_(politicians)]
			**** They may have opposed Hitler because his anti-homosexual stance offended them, or because they were blackmailed homosexuals. <blockquote>Bryant said, "Churchill gets all the credit all the time because that's what he wrote. He was opposed to the policy of appeasement, and all the rest of it, but what nobody, I guess, would know is that half the time when Churchill and [Anthony] Eden were plotting with the rebels, roughly half the men in the room were 'queer'."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamour_Boys_(politicians)]</blockquote>
			***Eden suddenly and mysteriously retired from office due to a health crisis, which may have been aids, a theory supported by the fac that his son would likewise tender a sudden resignation years later before dying of aids.[https://www.thenational.scot/news/15009842.profile-the-mystery-of-anthony-edens-resignation/]

	== Sassoon Family ==		== Sassoon Family ==

Craig Holly at 03:52, 19 November 2025

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	**** Covered up the 1840 ritual murder in Damascus and also used British power and world Jewry’s resources to bully the local officials. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/159/mode/2up 475])		**** Covered up the 1840 ritual murder in Damascus and also used British power and world Jewry’s resources to bully the local officials. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/159/mode/2up 475])
	***** See ‘1840 Ritual Murder’ under [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Organized International Jewry\|Organized International Jewry]] under Themes.		***** See ‘1840 Ritual Murder’ under [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Organized International Jewry\|Organized International Jewry]] under Themes.
	***** “The prime minister of France, Syria’s main patron, told his parliament that summer that the Jews ‘have more power than they know.’” <ref>pg. ~~96 of~~ Jewish Power ~~by JJ Goldberg~~</ref>		***** “The prime minister of France, Syria’s main patron, told his parliament that summer that the Jews ‘have more power than they know.’” <ref>J.J. Goldberg, ''Jewish Power (Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley, 1997)'', pp. 193-195, 257.</ref>
	** See [[Villains (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]] under Villains.		** See [[Villains (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]] under Villains.

Craig Holly: /* Aaron of Lincoln */

2025-11-12T04:51:23Z

Aaron of Lincoln

Craig Holly at 04:55, 9 November 2025

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Craig Holly: /* Sassoon Family */

2025-11-09T00:52:56Z

Sassoon Family

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	** “The influence of this family is hardly, if at all, inferior to that of Rothschild.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n725/mode/2up 727])		** “The influence of this family is hardly, if at all, inferior to that of Rothschild.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n725/mode/2up 727])
	* A powerful Jewish banking family that later caused the opium crisis in China.		* A powerful Jewish banking family that later caused the opium crisis in China.
			* Close to Edward VII
			** See [[Villains (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Edward VII\|Edward VII]] under Villains.
	* See 'Sir Philip Sassoon' under [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Jews at Versailles\|Jews at Versailles]] under Jews Run Amok after Emancipation.		* See 'Sir Philip Sassoon' under [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Jews at Versailles\|Jews at Versailles]] under Jews Run Amok after Emancipation.
	* See 'Sassoon Family' under [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Finance\|Finance]] and [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Art and Literature\|Art and Literature]] under 'Jewish Influence in Britain: Emancipation to World Wars' under Themes.		* See 'Sassoon Family' under [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Finance\|Finance]] and [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Art and Literature\|Art and Literature]] under 'Jewish Influence in Britain: Emancipation to World Wars' under Themes.
	* See [[Quotes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Sassoon Family and Art/Propaganda\|Sassoon Family and Art/Propaganda]] under Quotes.		* See [[Quotes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Sassoon Family and Art/Propaganda\|Sassoon Family and Art/Propaganda]] under Quotes.

Craig Holly at 00:50, 9 November 2025

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	* Used his Parliamentary power to aid Jewish criminals		* Used his Parliamentary power to aid Jewish criminals
	** Rothschild was accepted as an expert witness in the Honduras loan scandal and covered for fellow Jews. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/69/mode/2up 587])		** Rothschild was accepted as an expert witness in the Honduras loan scandal and covered for fellow Jews. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/69/mode/2up 587])
	*** See ~~‘The Honduras Loans’ under~~ [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#~~Jews Run Amok after Emancipation~~\|Jews Run Amok after Emancipation]] under Themes.		*** See [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#The Honduras Loans\|The Honduras Loans]] under Jews Run Amok after Emancipation under Themes.
	* Used financial power to help Jews take over industries		* Used financial power to help Jews take over industries
	** Helped Marcus Samuel found the global and famous Shell Transport and Trading Company with a capital of £1,800,000 ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/666/mode/2up 720])		** Helped Marcus Samuel found the global and famous Shell Transport and Trading Company with a capital of £1,800,000 ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/666/mode/2up 720])
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	** “... the well-known American Jews Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Louis Brandeis protested to Roosevelt about the fact that during the meeting of the Palestine Committee there were attempts to stop Jewish immigration. Roosevelt agreed with them and accordingly telegraphed Anthony Eden, then Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who immediately acceded to the request.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/450/mode/2up 674])		** “... the well-known American Jews Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and Louis Brandeis protested to Roosevelt about the fact that during the meeting of the Palestine Committee there were attempts to stop Jewish immigration. Roosevelt agreed with them and accordingly telegraphed Anthony Eden, then Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who immediately acceded to the request.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/450/mode/2up 674])
	* “The Semitic connections of the former War Secretary, now Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden — a student of Baldwin — are so obvious to everyone that we need hardly repeat what is known.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n699/mode/2up 700]) '''[Do you know of a source that neatly details these connections that Aldag considers self-evident?]'''		* “The Semitic connections of the former War Secretary, now Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden — a student of Baldwin — are so obvious to everyone that we need hardly repeat what is known.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n699/mode/2up 700]) '''[Do you know of a source that neatly details these connections that Aldag considers self-evident?]'''

			== Sassoon Family ==

			* The ‘Rothschilds of the East’ during the early 20th Century ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n725/mode/2up 727])
			* Nearly equal to the Rothschild family
			** “The influence of this family is hardly, if at all, inferior to that of Rothschild.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n725/mode/2up 727])
			* A powerful Jewish banking family that later caused the opium crisis in China.
			* See 'Sir Philip Sassoon' under [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Jews at Versailles\|Jews at Versailles]] under Jews Run Amok after Emancipation.
			* See 'Sassoon Family' under [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Finance\|Finance]] and [[Themes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Art and Literature\|Art and Literature]] under 'Jewish Influence in Britain: Emancipation to World Wars' under Themes.
			* See [[Quotes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Sassoon Family and Art/Propaganda\|Sassoon Family and Art/Propaganda]] under Quotes.

Craig Holly: /* Simon (Jacob) de Caceres */

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Simon (Jacob) de Caceres

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	== Simon (Jacob) de Caceres ==		== Simon (Jacob) de Caceres ==
	* Born in Amsterdam ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151]) ~~[insert revision]~~		* Born in Amsterdam ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151])
	* World traveler with extensive trading connections ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151])		* World traveler with extensive trading connections ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151])
	** Interests from London and Hamburg, to the West Indies and South America ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151])		** Interests from London and Hamburg, to the West Indies and South America ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151])
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	** See ‘[[Evidence (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Thurloe Papers\|Thurloe Papers]]’ under Evidence, which are the smoking gun for Carvajal’s Jewish spy ring for Cromwell.		** See ‘[[Evidence (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Thurloe Papers\|Thurloe Papers]]’ under Evidence, which are the smoking gun for Carvajal’s Jewish spy ring for Cromwell.
	** Also received detailed intelligence from Jews regarding colonies		** Also received detailed intelligence from Jews regarding colonies
	*** See [[Villains (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Simon [Jacob] de Caceres\|Simon [Jacob] de Caceres]] under Villains. ~~[insert revision]~~		*** See [[Villains (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#Simon (Jacob) de Caceres\|Simon (Jacob) de Caceres]] under Villains.
	* Cromwell was likely dependent on Jewish capital.		* Cromwell was likely dependent on Jewish capital.
	** The Jewish historian Wolf says it outright ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/141/mode/2up 168])		** The Jewish historian Wolf says it outright ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/141/mode/2up 168])

Craig Holly: /* Simon [Jacob] de Caceres */

2025-11-07T01:33:19Z

Simon [Jacob] de Caceres

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	** See [[Quotes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#The Danger of Jewish Spies\|The Danger of Jewish Spies]] under Arguments to Repeal the Naturalization Act of 1753 under Quotes.		** See [[Quotes (Jewry in England-- Peter Aldag)#The Danger of Jewish Spies\|The Danger of Jewish Spies]] under Arguments to Repeal the Naturalization Act of 1753 under Quotes.

	== Simon [Jacob] de Caceres ==		== Simon (Jacob) de Caceres ==
	* Born in Amsterdam ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151]) [insert revision]		* Born in Amsterdam ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151]) [insert revision]
	* World traveler with extensive trading connections ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151])		* World traveler with extensive trading connections ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n149/mode/2up 151])

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	** “The size of his fortune is also indicated by the fact that when he died in 1186, a special department was set up in the royal treasury to manage his estate.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n19/mode/2up 21])		** “The size of his fortune is also indicated by the fact that when he died in 1186, a special department was set up in the royal treasury to manage his estate.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n19/mode/2up 21])
	* The wealthiest person of the period		* The wealthiest person of the period
	** “He is believed to have been the wealthiest man in Norman England; it is estimated that his wealth exceeded that of the King.” [~~Aaron of Lincoln - Wikipedia~~]		** “He is believed to have been the wealthiest man in Norman England; it is estimated that his wealth exceeded that of the King.” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_of_Lincoln]
	* Many abbeys, cathedrals, and monasteries were built with his money and owed him money. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n19/mode/2up 20])		* Many abbeys, cathedrals, and monasteries were built with his money and owed him money. ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n19/mode/2up 20])
	* Ran a country-wide operation with many important men in his debt ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n19/mode/2up 21])		* Ran a country-wide operation with many important men in his debt ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n19/mode/2up 21])
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	== Antonio Fernandez Carvajal ==		== Antonio Fernandez Carvajal ==
	* 1590-1659 [~~Antonio Fernandez Carvajal - Wikipedia~~]		* 1590-1659 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Fernandez_Carvajal]
	* The Rothschild of the Seventeenth Century ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n147/mode/2up 148])		* The Rothschild of the Seventeenth Century ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n147/mode/2up 148])
	** The Wealthiest Jew of the time ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n145/mode/2up 147])		** The Wealthiest Jew of the time ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n145/mode/2up 147])
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	** From Cromwell		** From Cromwell
	* Gained the right of Jews to stay in England from Cromwell		* Gained the right of Jews to stay in England from Cromwell
	** “It was to Carvajal that Cromwell gave the assurance of the right of Jews to remain in England and who appointed Carvajal as the principal agent of the English Jews.” [~~Antonio Fernandez Carvajal - Wikipedia~~]		** “It was to Carvajal that Cromwell gave the assurance of the right of Jews to remain in England and who appointed Carvajal as the principal agent of the English Jews.” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Fernandez_Carvajal]
	* He was “the first member of his people in England to assist the government in financial matters.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n147/mode/2up 148])		* He was “the first member of his people in England to assist the government in financial matters.” ([https://archive.org/details/dr-peter-aldag-jewry-in-england-vols-1-7/page/n147/mode/2up 148])
	* Moved from Portugal to the Canary Islands, which were in the hands of the Jews		* Moved from Portugal to the Canary Islands, which were in the hands of the Jews