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Jaffe was born in Hamburg to the Jaffe family, one of four boys and five girls born to Daniel Joseph and Frederiké Jaffe. In 1852, his parents brought their family to Belfast. Daniel Jaffe along with his older sons, Martin, John and Alfred, set up a business exporting linen.
The Jaffe family (Hebrew: יפה) is an Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic family originally from Dampierre, France. The family descends from the 12th century Tosafist, Elhanan Jaffe of Dampierre (died 1184).
Apr 12, 2015 · Otto Jaffe was born in Hamburg in 1846, the third son of Daniel Jaffe. He came to Belfast at the age of 6 and at 16 he entered the family business, Jaffe Brothers Linen Merchants, also known as Strand Spinning, which provided work for about 350 local people, rising to 650 in 1914 when the company expanded to make munitions.
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In 1852, his parents, Daniel Joseph and Frederiké brought their family of four boys and five girls from Hamburg to Belfast. Daniel Jaffe along with his older sons, Martin, John and Alfred, set up a business exporting Irish linen. See separate article on Daniel Joseph Jaffé for Martin's younger son. Otto was educated at Mr Tate’s school in Holywood,...
He married Paula Hertz from Brunswick, New York in 1879. They had two sons Arthur and William; one became a barrister and the other a London company director.
From 1867 to 1877 he lived and worked in New York. In 1877, his brothers retired, so he returned to Belfast to head the family business, “The Jaffe Brothers” at Bedford Street. He built it up to become the largest linen exporter in Ireland. He was a member of the Belfast Harbour Commission. In 1894, he successfully agitated for the reporting and de...
Otto Jaffe took a keen interest in the Jewish community of Belfast. He was life-president of the Belfast Hebrew Congregation, which worshipped at the Great Victoria Street synagogue. His father established it on 7 July 1871. Between 1871 and 1903 this congregation increased from fifty-five to over a thousand. He paid most of the £4,000 cost of buil...
In 1888 Otto Jaffe had been naturalised as a British citizen and denaturalised as a German citizen. He was a member of the Irish Unionist Party. He represented St Anne's Ward for the Belfast Corporation in 1894 and was elected Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1899. As mayor, he launched an appeal for the dependants of soldiers fighting in the Boer War. £10...
On 21 January 1874, his father, Daniel Joseph Jaffe died in Nice. Martin Jaffe (Otto's older brother) secured a plot in the City Cemetery, which became the Jewish Cemetery. Daniel was the first Jew to be interred there. The Jaffe monumentwas erected. This monument and the headstones have been vandalised. Recently, Belfast City Council resolved to e...
History of the Jews in IrelandHistory of the Jews in the United KingdomApr 17, 2021 · Sir Otto Jaffe, JP (b. 13 August 1846, Hamburg – d. 29 April 1929, London) was a German-born prominent Irish Jewish businessman, twice elected Lord Mayor of Belfast and High Sheriff of Belfast. In 1852, his parents, Daniel Joseph and Frederiké brought their family of four boys and five girls from Hamburg to Belfast.
- Lady Paula Jaffe
- April 29, 1929 (82)London, England
- Hamburg, Germany
- August 14, 1846
Sep 13, 2024 · He married Paula Hertz from Braunschweig in 1879, and they were the parents of two sons, Arthur Daniel Jaffe and William Edward Berthold Jaffe. Through Otto Jaffe’s business acumen, the family business became the largest linen exporter in Ireland, and he became a naturalised citizen in 1888.
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Jaffé, Sir Otto (1846–1929), businessman and philanthropist, was born 13 August 1846 in Hamburg, Germany, third son among four sons and five daughters of Daniel Joseph Jaffé (1809–74) and his wife Frederiké.
