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Alexander Raphael
1775–1850MerchantEurope · 1775Most named place: London
Alexander Raphael was an English merchant born in Madras, India, to Persian Jewish parentage. In England, Raphael built up a considerable fortune as a stockbroker in the City of London. He converted to Roman Catholicism and was sheriff of London in 1834 and was elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal in 1835 and again in 1847–50.
