Francis Benedict Hyam Goldsmith was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1910 to 1918.
12 Facts About Frank Goldsmith
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Frank Goldsmith served in World War I In 1918, he moved to France, where he entered the hotel business, building a large portfolio of hotels.
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Frank Goldsmith was born Franck Adolphe Benedict Goldschmidt in 1878 in Frankfurt into the German Jewish Goldschmidt family.
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Frank Goldsmith was the son of multi-millionaire Adolphe Benedict Hayum Goldschmidt, who permanently moved to London in 1895, and Alice Emma Moses Merton, daughter of Joseph Benjamin Moses aka Moses Merton.
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Frank Goldsmith grew up on his family's 2,500-acre country estate in Cavenham, Suffolk.
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Frank Goldsmith was gazetted a lieutenant in the Suffolk Yeomanry in 1908.
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From 1904 to 1910, Frank Goldsmith was active on many committees showing great interest in education and special schooling, becoming whip of the Municipal Reform Party.
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Frank Goldsmith was involved in many Jewish charities, assisting in the organisations involved in the emigration of Jews from the Russian Empire and became a member of the emigration committee of the Jewish Board of Guardians.
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At the January 1910 general election, Frank Goldsmith was elected as Conservative MP for the Stowmarket division of Suffolk, close to his family home of Cavenham Park.
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Frank Goldsmith eventually built up a portfolio of 48 hotels, including the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, the Carlton in Cannes and the Lotti in Paris.
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Frank Goldsmith was director of the Savoy Hotel company for many years and one of the founders of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.
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Frank Goldsmith died in Paris on 14 February 1967, leaving a widow and two sons, Edward Goldsmith, an environmentalist and eco-philosopher, and James Goldsmith, businessman and founder of the Euro-sceptic Referendum Party.