Emanuel Emanuel

This prominent member of the long standing Jewish community in Portsmouth became its first Jewish Mayor, and one of its finest civic leaders, in 1866. He was a successful jeweller operating from the High Street but it is his involvement with civic affairs that has left an outstanding legacy in the City today. He, together with the then Governor, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, decided to construct Clarence Parade along the seafront, and he was also instrumental in the creation of the People’s Park, now known as Victoria Park, the first public park in the Portsmouth. A glorious memorial in his memory stands near Canoe Lake: http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/southsea/emanuel.htm