   alfred moritz mond, 1st baron melchett pc, frs (23 october 1868 â 27 december 1930), known as sir alfred mond, bt, between 1910 and 1928, was a british industrialist, financier and politician. in his later life he became an active zionist. ==early life and education== mond was born in farnworth, widnes, lancashire, england, the younger son of ludwig mond, a chemist and industrialist of jewish extraction who had emigrated from germany, and his wife frieda, nÃ©e lÃ¶wenthal. he was educated at cheltenham college and st. john's college, cambridge, but failed his natural sciences tripos. he then studied law at edinburgh university and was called to the bar by the inner temple in 1894.greenaway, frank (2004) 'mond family (per. 1867&ndash;1973)', oxford dictionary of national biography, oxford university press.  retrieved on 9 march 2007. ==business career== following this he joined his father's business, brunner mond & company as director, later becoming its managing director
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