Philip Salomons

Philip Salomons (1796–1867) was an English financier, Jewish leader and High Sheriff of Sussex. Early life Philip Salomons was born in London in 1796. He travelled extensively in the United States as a young man, and became a naturalized American citizen in 1826. Later that year, however, he returned to England and resumed his British citizenship. His father was a financier in the City of London, as was his brother, Sir David Salomons (1797–1873). Career Salomons became a financier in the City of London. Judaism Salomons followed his father as Warden of London's New Synagogue in 1843. He succeeded his brother as a representative on the Board of Deputies of British Jews. A devout man, he had his own private Roof-top synagogue on top of his Hove home. He was a noted collector of antique Judaica. The Tablets of the Ten Commandments from the synagogue are preserved in the collection of the Salomons Museum in Tunbridge Wells.