Otto Moses Jaffe
Sir Otto Moses Jaffe (1846-1929) of Jaffe Brothers
Born in Hamburg one of four boys and five girls born to Daniel Joseph (d.1874) and Frederiké Jaffe.
1852 Family moved to Belfast. Daniel Jaffe along with his older sons, Martin, John and Alfred, set up a business exporting linen.
Otto was educated at Mr Tate's school in Holywood, County Down, and later in Hamburg and Switzerland.
Married Paula Hertz, daughter of Moritz Hertz from Braunschweig on 8 March 1879. They had two sons, Arthur Daniel and William Edward Berthold Jaffe.
1867-77 he lived and worked in New York. In 1877, his brothers retired, so he returned to Belfast to head the family business, "The Jaffe Brothers" at Bedford Street. He built it up to become the largest linen exporter in Ireland.