Benjamin Wolfe (Benn) Levy (1851–1908)
Benjamin Wolfe Levy was sent to England for his education and placed under the care of his childless uncle, David Lewis. He also studied in Paris. He returned to Australia in 1868 and joined his father's business.
In 1877 he returned to England to marry – and bring back to New South Wales – Zara Cohen, the oldest daughter of David Cohen.
The couple returned to England in 1888. Benjamin, along with his brother, George, had inherited his uncle Lewis's fortune in 1885. They were required to use the money for philanthropic purposes and set up the David Lewis Trust. The money was used for charitable purposes in the north of England.
One of his children is buried in Maitland.
Additional Resources
- ad stating that Levy has been admitted as a partner of David Cohen and Co, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 September 1876, p 4
- is given a farewell dinner by the Masonic Lodge before his departure for England, Maitland Mercury (NSW), 14 May 1887, p 15s
- a testimonial is held in his honour in Maitland on the eve of his departure for England, Maitland Mercury (NSW), 9 June 1887, p 3
- has sent a donation from London to assist with the completion of St Paul's Bell Tower in Maitland, NSW, Maitland Mercury (NSW), 22 August 1889, p 5
- Levy, and his cousin George Judah Cohen, were under no obligation to use their uncle's bequest for the benefit of the poor, Maitland Mercury (NSW), 2 August 1892, p 4
- gave 1000pds towards sending a NSW military contingent to the Sudan war in 1885, Maitland Mercury (NSW), 11 August 1892, p 5
- is granted the freedom of the City of Salford, in England, after donating money to create a David Lewis Recreation Ground for Children, Hebrew Standard of Australasia (Sydney), 10 March 1899, p 2
- purchases an estate at Sandbridge in England for the founding of a colony for epileptics, Hebrew Standard of Australasia (Sydney), 21 April 1899, p 5
- the David Lewis Trust creates Central Home for District Nurses in Liverpool, England, to provide nurses for the sick poor, Hebrew Standard of Australasia (Sydney), 30 November 1900, p 5
- The David Lewis Trust hands over the Ardwick Recreation Recreation Ground and Blackly Institute to the Manchester Council, Hebrew Standard of Australasia (Sydney), 29 November 1901, p 4
- is presented with the freedom of the City of Liverpool, Maitland Weekly Mercury (NSW), 21 December 1901, p 16
- Princess Louise opens the David Lewis Northern Hospital in Liverpool, Hebrew Standard of Australasia (Sydney), 23 May 1902, p 6
- is to be conferred with the freedom of the city of Manchester, Hebrew Standard of Australasia (Sydney), 6 January 1905, p 7
- death notice, Kalgoorlie Miner (WA), 21 December 1908, p 4
- as well as helping fund a NSW contingent sent to the Sudan War in 1885, he contributed to the Australian Bushmen's contngent in the Boer's War, Hebrew Standard of Australasia (Sydney), 29 January 1909, p 11
- probate, Jewish Herald (Vic), 2 April 1909, p 134
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- Levy, Benjamin Wolfe (Benn)
- Levy, Zara (wife)
- Levy, Julia Alpha (daughter)
- Myers, Vera Anita (daughter)
- Rawson, May Georgia (daughter)
- Crosse, Beryl Eunice (daughter)
- Golding, Louise Winham (daughter)
- Myers, Arthur Mielziner (son-in-law)
- Rawson, Edward Leopold (son-in-law)
- Wertheimer, Edward (son-in-law)
- Crosse, Colin Stanley (son-in-law)
- Golding, Mark (son-in-law)
- Levy, Julia (mother)
- Levy, Lewis Wolfe (father)
- Cohen, Julia (mother-in-law)
- Cohen, Martha (sister)
- Cohen, Rebecca (sister)
- Levy, Celia (sister)
- Cohen, Caroline Flood (sister)
- Cohen, Roselind (sister)
- Cohen, Bertha (sister)
- Lewis, Samuel Eliot (brother)
- Lewis, David Leopold (brother)
- Levy, Harry Solomon (brother)
- Tamworth, Louis (brother)
- Levy, Herbert Wolfe (brother)
- Levy, Septimus Raphael (brother)
- Levy, Octavius George (brother)
- Lewis, Annette (sister-in-law)
- Cohen, Jennie (sister-in-law)
- Lewis, Ray Charlotte (sister-in-law)
- Levy, Octavia Maud (sister-in-law)
- Levy, Bertha (sister-in-law)
- Levy, Gwendoline (sister-in-law)
- Tamworth, Violet Gladys (sister-in-law)
- Cohen, George Judah (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Louis Samuel (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Norman Samuel (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Neville David (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Burnett David (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Herbert David (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Henry David (brother-in-law)
- Zadock, Elizabeth (aunt)
- Reuben, Emma (aunt)
- Keesing, Hannah (aunt)
- Cohen, Rosetta (aunt)
- Cohen, Sarah (aunt)
- Solomon, Henry (uncle)
- Levy, Louis (uncle)
- Solomon, Solomon (uncle)
- Solomon, Maurice (uncle)
- Solomon, Charles (uncle)
- Joseph, Rosetta (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Rachel (aunt by marriage)
- Solomon, Rachel (aunt by marriage)
- Benjamin, Miriam (aunt by marriage)
- Solomon, Caroline (aunt by marriage)
- Solomon, Rebecca (aunt by marriage)
- Solomon, Selina (aunt by marriage)
- Zadock, Colman (uncle by marriage)
- Reuben, Henry Robert (uncle by marriage)
- Nathan, Arthur Isaac (uncle by marriage)
- Keesing, Barnet (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, George Judah (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, William (uncle by marriage)
- Levy, Martha (grandmother)
- Solomon, Rebecca (grandmother)
- Levy, Benjamin Wolfe (grandfather)
- Solomon, Samuel (grandfather)
- Joseph, Lillian Julia (niece)
- Edgar, Ethel Julia (niece)
- Marks, Irene Rachel (niece)
- Phillips, Julie Lorna (niece)
- Sington, Ruth Louise (niece)
- Nathan, Gladys Julia (niece)
- Rose, Julia Eda (niece)
- Haldin, Edna Caroline (niece)
- Henry, Margaret (niece)
- Maitland, Mary Annie (niece)
- Schiff, Betty Julia (niece)
- Gentilli, Madge Hope (niece)
- Prince, Norah Millie (niece)
- Cohen, Samuel Sydney (nephew)
- Cohen, Samuel Maitland (nephew)
- Cohen, Leopold Wolfe (nephew)
- Cohen, Harold Leopold (nephew)
- Cohen, Reginald Benn (nephew)
- Cullen, Byron George (nephew)
- Cohen, Rex David (nephew)
- Cohen, George Hubert (nephew)
- Cohen, Stuart Samuel (nephew)
- Cohen, Stanley Gilbert (nephew)
- Cullen, Horace David (nephew)
- Cohen, Alroy Maitland (nephew)
- Ross, Walter T. (nephew)
- Cohen, David Lennard (nephew)
- Cullen, Sefton Louis (nephew)
- Cohen, Leslie Winston (nephew)
- Cullen, Ralph Neville (nephew)
- Cohen, Lewis George (nephew)
- Cohen, Benn Jack Brunel (nephew)
- Eliot-Cohen, Eliot Charles (nephew)
- Levy, Lewis Wolfe (nephew)
- Lewis, Lance Will (nephew)
- Levy, Maitland Benn (nephew)
- Leyland, Lynn Wolfe (nephew)
- Levy, Douglas Alexander (nephew)
- Levy, Kenneth Adolph (nephew)
- Levy, Benn Wolfe (nephew)
- Levy, Patrick Reginald (nephew)
- Leyland, Richard (nephew)
- Tamworth, Ian Philip (nephew)
- Nathan, Gladys Julia (niece by marriage)
- Rose, Julia Eda (niece by marriage)
- Cohen, Elma (niece by marriage)
- Haldin, Edna Caroline (niece by marriage)
- Cohen, Julia Nell (niece by marriage)
- Saalfeld, Nina Debb (niece by marriage)
- Prince, Norah Millie (niece by marriage)
- Cullen, Horace David (nephew by marriage)
- Ross, Walter T. (nephew by marriage)
- Cohen, Leslie Winston (nephew by marriage)
- Cullen, Ralph Neville (nephew by marriage)
- Cohen, David Noel (nephew by marriage)
- Cohen, Percy Edgar (cousin)
- Reuben, Charles Augustus (cousin)
- Cohen, Deborah (cousin)
- Phillips, Esther (cousin)
- Solomon, Louis Amie (cousin)
- Solomon, Charles Philip (cousin)
- Reuben, Robert Henry (cousin)
- Reuben, Frederick Lewis (cousin)
- Cohen, Esther (cousin)
- Reuben, Morris (cousin)
- Solomon, Michael Cleveland (cousin)
- Cohen, Cora Rose (cousin)
- Reuben, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Moses, Rebecca (cousin)
- Solomon, Deborah Henrietta (cousin)
- Cohen, Deborah (cousin)
- Cohen, Burnett George (cousin)
- Marienthal, Frances (cousin)
- Cohen, Samuel George (cousin)
- Reuben, Henry (cousin)
- Isaacs, Alice Anne (cousin)
- Solomon, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Barnard, Hannah Maud (cousin)
- Mandelson, Caroline (cousin)
- Benjamin, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Solomon, Joseph Mark (cousin)
- Solomon, Samuel (cousin)
- Cohen, Caroline (cousin)
- Cohen, Hannah (cousin)
- Reuben, Edward Lindsay (cousin)
- Solomon, Samuel Henry (cousin)
- Asher, Caroline (cousin)
- Herman, Zillah Hannah (cousin)
- Reuben, Edwin Samuel (cousin)
- Cohen, Henry George (cousin)
- Cohen, Henry Samuel (cousin)
- Cohen, Edward (cousin)
- Reuben, Albert Phillip (cousin)
- Russell, Rebecca (cousin)
- Cohen, David George (cousin)
- Cohen, Rebecca (cousin)
- Cohen, Rebecca May (cousin)
- Solomon, Lewis Samuel (cousin)
- Solomon, Rebecca (cousin)
- Cohen, Herbert Charles (cousin)
- Cohen, Violet (cousin)
- Nathan, Kate (cousin)
- Cohen, Maude (cousin)
- Cohen, Leah (cousin)
- Solomon, Charles Edmond (cousin)
- Solomon, Henry Hyam (cousin)
- Cohen, Ethel (cousin)
- Solomon, Henry Algernon (cousin)
- Solomon, Reginald William (cousin)
- Solomon, Maurice (cousin)
- Hyman, Naida Elizabeth (cousin)
- Solomon, Zara (cousin)
- Solomon, Clifford Esmond (cousin)
Citation details
'Levy, Benjamin Wolfe (Benn) (1851–1908)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/levy-benjamin-wolfe-benn-20389/text31368, accessed 27 April 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
22 January,
1851
Tamworth,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
18 December,
1908
(aged 57)
London,
Middlesex,
England
Cause of Death
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Occupation
Military Service
Key Organisations
- Commercial Banking Company of Sydney
- Freemasons
- Maitland Benevolent Home (NSW)
- Maitland Hospital (NSW)
- Maitland School of Arts (NSW)