In the mid 18th century the Whigs needed backers to finance the suppression of the Jacobite uprising. The foremost backer was Sampson Gideon, a Sephardic Jewish banker later called the Rothschild of his day. In the following decade, Gideon and others lobbied Prime Minister Henry Pelham to introduce what became known as the Jew Bill.… Continue reading #OTD 7 July – We are come down to bind thee