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Person · 15 Sep 1916-22 Jun 2003
Governor of the Regent Street Polytechnic and Polytechnic of Central London, 1916-1974
643rd Lord Mayor of London, 1970-1971
Knighted in 1969
Awarded GBE in 1971
Awarded KCVO in 1979
Person · 15 Aug 1888 – 4 Oct 1944
Samuel Joseph studied Building Construction at the Regent Street Polytechnic from l906-8. He had a particular interest in carpentry and joinery. Samuel Gluckstein Joseph was from a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish family, changing his name in the 1930s to Samuel George Joseph. He was co-chair and managing director of Bovis. He was twice Mayor of St Marylebone (1928 and 1930), Sheriff of the City of London (1933-34) and Lord Mayor (1943-44). He was knighted in 1934 and made 1st Baronet of Portsoken in the City of London in 1943.