surveyor to the Guardian Assurance Company, to the Trustees of Smith's Charity and to the Thurloe estate.

Life

He was the youngest son of a City of London merchant, also named George Basevi. The family were of Sephardic Jewish origin, and Basevi's father remained a member of the congregation of the Bevis Marks Synagogue until 1817. Basevi was

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