Talk:Golders Green Jewish Cemetery

Magnus baronets
Philip Magnus-Allcroft was removed from the article for two reasons, he was Philip Magnus grandson (which is correct) and because he is still alive (which is not correct). As there is an article on Philip Magnus-Allcroft in Wikipedia and he is most certainly buried in Golders Green Jewish Cemetery (he died in 1988), I fail to understand why this entry was removed. A correction would have been more appropriate. Is this not the way Wikipedia works? 77.167.212.162 (talk) 18:58, 2 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Mea culpa - I was distracted and got him mixed up with his own son! He is indeed not alive.
 * I originally removed Magnus-Allcroft because it looked like he was linked in order to provide context for his grandfather, and once we had an article for Philip Magnus this didn't seem necessary. I'd have left him in if he was buried here, as an entry in his own right, but on checking at the time I couldn't see that he was buried here - his entry in the ODNB says "His body was cremated" with no other note.
 * If he is indeed buried here (or memorialised here in some way), then my apologies, and please do feel free to re-add him. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:40, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Mea culpa? We are talking about a Jewish Cemetery 8-). But maybe Mea maxima culpa is in order. I visited Hoop Lane in 2009 and made some notes. On the basis of these notes I made an entry in Wikipedia, being careful of verifying every fact on internet. Would not want to be accused of "original research". Unfortunately I did not make photographs of everything I wrote down, so it is now an educated guess, at best, if his ashes were indeed buried here, or if there is any kind of memorial. Unfortunately visiting Hoop Lane is not high on my priorities so I will let it stand as it is. The main problem is that many sources seem to quote Wikipedia, so there is no certainty of what is correct. I would much rather omit this than enter an incorrect fact. 77.167.212.162 (talk) 23:21, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I've dug around a bit on findagrave; they only have Katie Magnus and Philip Magnus, but it's not comprehensive. I can't seem to find a detailed public list anywhere.
 * The Times lists a funeral at the parish church in Onibury and a cremation in Shrewsbury, and there was also a memorial service in central London about a month later in early 1989. Nothing else, unfortunately. Andrew Gray (talk) 23:55, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Sir John Simon (subsection Politicians)
I query the listing of this Sir John Simon and the wikilinking, as it looks uncertain whose article it is intended to be connected to. The Sir John Simon listed is given life dates of 1873-1854 (sic, should be 1954), the former National Liberal leader who became Lord Chancellor but he was a gentile, son of a Congregationalist minister but later turned atheist and had himself cremated (according to will witout any religious ceremony). The wikilink connects with an earlier John Simon who was MP for Dewsbury and died in 1897 but the latter's article does not firmly confirm he is buried here nor that he was Jewish.Cloptonson (talk) 10:29, 16 April 2022 (UTC)