Joel family

The Joel family of England was headed by three brothers, Jack, Woolf and Solomon, who made a fortune in diamond and gold mining in South Africa. Their father was Joel Joel (1836–1893) and their mother Catherine "Kate" Joel née Isaacs (1840–1917), a sister of Barnett Isaacs, later known as Barney Barnato.

As well as being prominent Randlords, several of the Joel family became widely known in thoroughbred horse racing as owner/breeders of numerous winners of British Classic Races.

The Joel brothers

 * Jack Barnato Joel (1862–1940), mining magnate, Chairman of Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd (from 1931), Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder married to Olive Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937), daughter of Thomas Sopwith.
 * Woolf Barnato Joel (1863–1898), South African mining magnate
 * Solomon Barnato Joel (1865–1931), mining, brewing and railway magnate

Other Joels
Other prominent members of the Joel family include:
 * Stanhope Henry Joel (1903–1973), businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder
 * Dudley Joel (1904–1941), businessman, politician, World War II naval officer

Other relations

 * Barney Barnato
 * Joel Woolf Barnato, son of Barney Barnato
 * Diana Barnato Walker

Family tree
Joel Joel (1836/1837 - 7 Apr 1893), son of Isaac Joel (c1800-1847) and Rebecca Solomon (c1800-1842). Joel Joel married Catherine Isaacs (1840, Spitalfields - 8 Nov 1917). She was the daughter of Isaac Isaacs and Leah Harris
 * 1) Jack Barnato Joel (29 Sep 1862 - 13 Nov 1940) x Edith Richards (3 children) xx Olive Coulson Sopwith (1876-1937)
 * 2) Harry "Jim" Joel (1894 – 23 March 1992), businessman, philanthropist, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder
 * 3) May  b.1892  d.10 Feb 1971
 * 4) Kathleen
 * 5) Woolf Joel (22 Nov 1863-14 March 1898) (shot dead in Johannesburg office by blackmailer Baron Kurt von Veltheim whose real name was Karl Frederic Moritz Kurtze, and was born at Allhausen, Brunswick, on 4 December 1857)
 * 6) Geoffrey (10 March 1896 London - 22 March 1957 Johannesburg) x Edith - maiden name unknown.
 * 7) Solomon Barnato Joel (23 May 1865 - 22 May 1931) married Ellen "Nellie" Ridley (1867-14 August 1919) (5 children) xx Phoebe Carlow
 * 8) Doris Irene Kathleen b. 1898 d. 14 August 1919 x Arthur Walter
 * 9) Woolf 26 April 1892 d.13 November 1923, named after Uncle Woolf Joel
 * 10) Stanhope Henry b.8 February 1903 at 2 Gt. Stanhope St, Mayfair x Gladys MacFadden
 * 11) Solna, married Harry Thomson Jones
 * 12) Dana
 * 13) Thalia
 * 14) Dudley Jack Barnato (26 April 1904 - 26 May 1941) (drowned at sea) - Conservative Party Member of Parliament x Esme Ritchie
 * 15) Eileen Daphne Solvia (20 March 1907 - 30 Jan 1974) x John Rogerson