David Wolfson (Lord Wolfson of Tredegar) - Revision history

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 ==Background==
-:One of the first decisions David Wolfson made on being elevated to the House of Lords was to honour his roots.
+:One of the first decisions David Wolfson made on being elevated to the House of Lords was to honour his roots. For the Liverpool-raised barrister, who was this week made a life peer and appointed junior justice minister, will be known as Lord Wolfson of Tredegar. He chose the South Wales town as it was where his paternal great-grandfather, Aaron, emigrated to from what is now present-day Ukraine. Mr Wolfson told the Jewish Telegraph: “As a Jewish community in Britain, we live in what the Talmudic rabbis called a ‘kingdom of kindness’. “This is a tolerant country where we can practise our religion, and where we have full civil and religious rights. “I wanted to take the name of a place which will remind me of — and also speak to — those issues.
-For the Liverpool-raised barrister, who was this week made a life peer and appointed junior justice minister, will be known as Lord Wolfson of Tredegar.
+“We came here as immigrants and British society enabled us to thrive as a community. “It is important for me to remember those early days and where our roots are, which, in my case, is in South Wales. “My great-grandfather is buried in Merthyr Tydfil and my great-uncle Jack was actually born in the middle of the 1911 anti-Jewish riots in Tredegar.”
-He chose the South Wales town as it was where his paternal great-grandfather, Aaron, emigrated to from what is now present-day Ukraine.
+:His position at the Ministry of Justice — which puts him on leave of absence from his chambers at One Essex Court — sends him to the Lords, where he will sit as a Conservative peer. Called to the Bar in 1992 and made a QC 11 years ago, London-based Mr Wolfson has worked on various matters for the Government over the past few years. When Michael Gove was Lord Chancellor, Mr Wolfson, who is married to Louise, was involved in human rights issues, and work related to Brexit and jurisdiction.
-Mr Wolfson told the Jewish Telegraph: “As a Jewish community in Britain, we live in what the Talmudic rabbis called a ‘kingdom of kindness’.
+“I will be dealing with the Ministry of Justice brief in the Lords, introducing bills, answering questions and speaking on legislation,” he said. “In particular, I will be focusing on civil justice and doing all I can to make sure London keeps its place as the pre-eminent litigation and arbitration centre that it is.”
-“This is a tolerant country where we can practise our religion, and where we have full civil and religious rights.
+:Educated at Liverpool’s [[King David High School]], Mr Wolfson is the son of [[Rosalind wolfson|Rosalind]] and [[Bernard Wolfson]], who now live in Jerusalem. His father was also a lawyer and district judge. His sisters are [[Rina Wolfson]] in London and [[Hannah Cohn]] who, with his brother, [[Jonny wolfson|Jonny]], reside in Israel. Mr Wolfson’s paternal grandfather was Rev [[Sam Wolfson]], who served Liverpool’s [[Greenbank Drive Synagogue]] for more than 40 years. “My grandfather was a formative influence on me,” he recalled. “I learned with him and he taught me how to leyn.” Mr Wolfson studied at Jerusalem’s [[Yeshivat Ha-Kotel]], before he read Oriental studies, specialising in Hebrew and Aramaic, at [[Selwyn College, Cambridge]]. He started his law career at [[3 Verulam Buildings]], where he spent five years, before moving to [[One Essex Court]].
-“I wanted to take the name of a place which will remind me of — and also speak to — those issues.
+:Mr Wolfson, who is father to 18-year-old [[Sam Wolfson|Sam]], [[Zara Wolfson|Zara]], 16, and 13-year-old [[Abi Wolfson|Abi]], has represented banks, hedge funds and oligarchs — including acting for Russian-Israeli tycoon [[Arkady Gaydamak]] when he sued his former business partner [[Lev Leviev]]. A lifelong Liverpool Football Club supporter, he will be formally introduced at the House of Lords next month.<ref>Jewish Telegraph, #𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥: 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁-𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲</ref>
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 ==Family==
 :Great-grandfather was naturalised (we found his papers in the National Archive) and converted his Hebrew name into English: “Aaron son of Wolf” became “[[Aaron Wolfson]]”. But it wasn’t all good. Great-uncle Jack was born in the middle of an anti-Jewish riot in the town in 1911. He was known as “[[Jack Wolfson|Jack the Riot Baby]]”, the first member of the family to be given a title.’ <ref>https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/-the-political-wheel-turns-i-was-quick-to-get-over-it-lord-wolfson-qc</ref>
 ==Affiliations==

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 ==Affiliations==
-==Charity Trustee===
+===Charity Trustee===
 *[[Benesco Charity Limited]] (Charity number: 269181 Company number 00972762)
 *[[Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (UK)]] (Charity number: 1167946)

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+==Charity Trustee===
 *[[Benesco Charity Limited]] (Charity number: 269181 Company number 00972762)
 *[[Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (UK)]] (Charity number: 1167946)
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 | [[One Britton Street Management Company Limited]]  || 03466604 || Dissolved || Flat 22 One Britton Street, London, EC1 || Role Resigned || Director || 17 April 2003 || 4 July 2005 || British ||  || Barrister
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 ==Register of Interests==
 Current as of August 2025.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250808141747/https://members.parliament.uk/member/4901/registeredinterests</ref>

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 Current as of August 2025.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250808141747/https://members.parliament.uk/member/4901/registeredinterests</ref>
 ===Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.===
-*Practising barrister at One Essex Court, London
+*Practising barrister at [[One Essex Court]], London
 *Chair, [[Football Regulatory Authority]] (part of [[The Football Association]]; any remuneration received will be donated to charity for retired players who have fallen on hard times)
 *LLP member (as investor), [[Cobalt Data Centre 2 LLP]] (construction of data centre)
 ===Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)===
 *[[Traders Tools Limited]] (User interface of financial applications)

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 | [[One Britton Street Management Company Limited]]  || 03466604 || Dissolved || Flat 22 One Britton Street, London, EC1 || Role Resigned || Director || 17 April 2003 || 4 July 2005 || British ||  || Barrister
 |}
+==Register of Interests==
 *https://www.thejc.com/community/lord-wolfsons-mission-to-feed-the-idf-lsyayrnk
 *https://www.facebook.com/jewishtelegraph/posts/%F0%9D%97%A0%F0%9D%97%94%F0%9D%97%A1%F0%9D%97%96%F0%9D%97%9B%F0%9D%97%98%F0%9D%97%A6%F0%9D%97%A7%F0%9D%97%98%F0%9D%97%A5-%F0%9D%97%9F%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%B3%F0%9D%97%B2-%F0%9D%97%BD%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%BF-%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%98%82%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%98%80-%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%98%80-%F0%9D%98%84%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B5-%F0%9D%97%B4%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%98%81-%F0%9D%97%B4%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%97%B1%F0%9D%97%B3%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%BF-%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%AF%F0%9D%98%82%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B2one-of-the-firs/10158252930317832/
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		+	==Family==
		+	:Great-grandfather was naturalised (we found his papers in the National Archive) and converted his Hebrew name into English: “Aaron son of Wolf” became “[[Aaron Wolfson]]”. But it wasn’t all good. Great-uncle Jack was born in the middle of an anti-Jewish riot in the town in 1911. He was known as “[[Jack Wolfson\|Jack the Riot Baby]]”, the first member of the family to be given a title.’ <ref>https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/-the-political-wheel-turns-i-was-quick-to-get-over-it-lord-wolfson-qc</ref>
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