Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha PC (7 September, 1893 – 16 February, 1957) was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party. He is remembered for his innovations in road transport and for being an alleged victim of anti-semitism.
Hore-Belisha was born in Devonport, Plymouth, the only son of Jacob Isaac Belisha, the Jewish manager of an insurance compan...
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Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha PC (7 September, 1893 – 16 February, 1957) was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party. He is remembered for his innovations in road transport and for being an alleged victim of anti-semitism.
Hore-Belisha was born in Devonport, Plymouth, the only son of Jacob Isaac Belisha, the Jewish manager of an insurance company, and his wife, Elizabeth Miriam Miers. His father died when he was less than one year old and when his mother married Sir Adair Hore in 1912, Hore-Belisha adopted the double-barrelled surname. He was educated at Clifton College where he was in Polack's house. He continued his studies in Paris and Heidelberg, before attending St John's College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union Society. Following the First World War, during which he served overseas and was promoted to the rank of Major, he qualified as a barrister.
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