David Ximenes

Lieutenant-General Sir David Ximenes KCH (1777–1848) was a British Army officer, magistrate and Berkshire landowner.

Lieutenant-General Sir

David Ximenes

Portrait of Ximenes as a lieutenant-colonel
Born1777
London
Died16 August 1848, age 71
Bear Ash, Maidenhead, Berkshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1794–1847
RankLieutenant-General
Commands held62nd Regiment of Foot
Battles/wars
AwardsKnight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order (1832)
Knight bachelor (1832)
RelationsSir Morris Ximenes (brother)
Other workMagistrate for Berkshire

He was a descendant of Cardinal Ximenes de Cisneros, the Grand Inquisitor. His family converted to the Anglican faith in the late 18th century and were amongst the first Jewish families to do so. This was in order to serve in official capacities within the British power structure, then prohibited to non-Anglicans. It appears that they did not have to do much with the Jewish community in England after that time. He was the youngest son of David Ximenes Senior of Bear Place at Hare Hatch, near Wargrave in Berkshire, and brother to Sir Morris Ximenes of the same place. He was present at the Battle of Waterloo. In England, he lived at Bear Ash, also at Hare Hatch in Berkshire.

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