‘The Gaffer’ and ‘The Missus’: Basil and Rose Henriques

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Born in 1890 into an affluent Sephardic Jewish family in West London, Basil Henriques was to become a lynchpin of the East End Jewish community when – along with his wife, Rose – he established the Oxford and St George’s Settlement.

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Bernhard Baron St George's Jewish Settlement on Berner Street (with thanks to the Jewish Museums Collection)

Coronation at Challis Court by Rose Henriques (1937)

Fait Accompli by Rose Henriques (1951)