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Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, PC, FRS, DL (23 October 1868 – 27 December 1930), known as Sir Alfred Mond, Bt between 1910 and 1928, was a British industrialist, financier and politician. In his later life he became an active Zionist.
He was due to contest the next election in Carmarthenshire as a Tory candidate, but in June 1928 he was elevated to the peerage as the first Baron Melchett of Blandford. This precipitated a byelection in the county on 6 June, during which Mond appeared on Conservative election platforms.
Jun 27, 2018 · Mond, Alfred, 1st Baron Melchett (1868–1930). Industrialist and politician. Son of a German Jew who came to Britain in 1862 and built up a large chemical firm, Mond began as a lawyer but moved into the family business, which, in 1926, became the nucleus of ICI.
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett. (1868-1930), Industrialist, financier and Liberal politician; MP for Chester, Swansea and Carmarthen. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Baron Melchett, of Landford in the County of Southampton, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created on 5 June 1928 for Sir Alfred Mond, 1st Baronet, Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries and a former First Commissioner of Works and Minister of Health.
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Apr 4, 2022 · Alfred Mond (1868–1930), 1st Baron Melchett, was a towering figure in early twentieth-century politics and economics, but his significance as an art collector has never been acknowledged. Like his brother, Robert, he has been overshadowed by the stature of his father, Ludwig Mond, with whose collections both were intimately involved.
