Alfred Mond was not brought up as a Jew. His sole connection with Judaism in the earlier stage of his public life was that he helped to support the synagogue of Swansea, his parliamentary constituency, in order to present a more favorable picture there of the Jews and Judaism. Nevertheless, he was the butt of antisemitic attacks, and in consequence was won over to Zionism after the Balfour Declaration. He then became a dedicated Zionist and contributor to Zionist causes. Mond was one of the founders of the enlarged Jewish *Agency in 1929 and the chairman of its council.
Alfred Moritz Mond (1868–1930), later the first Baron Melchett, entered his father's firm. During his lifetime Brunner, Mond and Co. greatly expanded and, after merging with other companies, became Imperial Chemical Industries (ici) in 1926. Mond entered Parliament as a Liberal in 1906. He was made commissioner of works in the cabinet of Lloyd George (1916–21) and later became minister of health (1921–22).

In 1917, Alfred submitted a proposal to the War Cabinet for a museum to be founded to record the events of the war. For the first time in Britain, a national museum would be dedicated to a specific conflict and would set out to record the constribution made by all sections of society. Alfred was a driving force for the creation of IWM, becoming the first Chairman in 1920. He also played a role in commissioning Edwin Lutyens to design a national war memorial – the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.

Alfred Mond and the Cenotaph: Lutyens was first approached informally by Sir Alfred Mond, First Commissioner of Works in Lloyd George’s government in June 1919, to design a monument to mark the signing of the Peace Treaty. Following discussions with Clemenceau and the Peace Celebrations Committee, Lloyd George met Lutyens in early July 1919 and asked him to design a catafalque for Whitehall, to be part of the Peace Day events on 19th July. Lutyens’ alternative suggestion of a cenotaph was agreed. Later that day Lutyens presented drawings to Sir Frank Baines, based on his previous design for Mond. The final design was based on measurements of the Parthenon. In the classical manner, all the surfaces were subtly curved; the verticals would meet at a point 1000 feet above the ground and the horizontals, 900 feet to the side. Stripped of all literal elements (at Lutyens' insistence four soldiers at the base were not included), the simplicity and dignity of the monument became the immediate focus for national grief
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An enthusiastic Zionist, in 1920 Mond donated ten thousand pounds to Vladimir Jabotinsky. The following year he visited Palestine with Chaim Weizmann. He contributed money to the Jewish Colonization Corporation for Palestine and wrote for Zionist publications. He became President of the British Zionist Foundation and made financial contributions to Zionist causes. Melchett founded the town of Tel Mond, now in Israel. He also started building what is now one of the few private houses on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, now known as Villa Melchett. Tel Aviv and several other Israeli cities have a Melchett Street commemorating him.
One of Mond's most enduring contributions to Zionism did not come through direct political means but through his enthusiastic and active support of Pinhas Rutenberg, to whom the British Government granted exclusive concessions to produce and distribute electricity in Palestine. Mond sat on the Board of the Palestine Electric Company and promoted the case of the company in London's political and industrial circles.
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The creation of an Imperial War Museum was the brainchild of Sir Alfred Mond, who sought to provide a public place where the events of the Great War could be remembered for posterity. Mond, a Liberal MP for Swansea had been Commissioner of Works in Lloyd George's wartime coalition government. From an industrialist background, his political career was unremarkable, but within Whitehall, he garnered a reputation for tremendous diligence when it came to departmental business. This administrative prowess was demonstrated in the rapid completion of this commemorative project. The original building was at the Crystal Palace, with its grand opening being held on the 9th June 1920. This letter from Mond to George is a great example of his business-like pugnacity. He firstly, reminds the Prime Minister of his obligation to attend the event but then submits a not-so-subtle caveat that his majesty, King George V will also be there to make the unveiling and has requested his presence.

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ALFRED MOND 1868-1930
How odd that the man who created one of Britain's greatest chemical companies failed his Natural Sciences degree at Cambridge. But then Alfred Mond was not your typical scientist. His father was a German chemist who had built up a major company in Britain, called Brunner Mond, and as a migrant he was one of many who made substantial contributions to theBritish economy in the nineteenth century. Alfred, his son, switched to reading Law at Edinburgh University and became a barrister by the time he was 26. He never lost his gutteral accent.
Mond first stood for Parlament as a Liberal and was elected for Chester in 1906. Four years later he switched to Swansea which he represented for the next thirteen years. He lost in 1923, changed to the Conservatives and sat for Carmarthen from 1924 to 1928. Mond was knighted in 1910, became a Privy Councillor in 1913 and was one of the first Jews to serve in a Cabinet when he was appointed Minister of Health from 1921 to 1922. He went on to become Lord Melchett in 1928. This was largely due to his success in persuading four large chemical companies to come together in 1926 as Imperial Chemical Indusries, one of the largest industrial corporations of its time. Mond was the first chairman.
In the 1920s most of the Jewish MPs were anti-Zionist, fearing that support for a National Home for the Jews would bring their loyality to Britain into question. Mond was one of the few exceptions and became president of the British Zionist Federation and the first president of Technion,whichwas then the Israel Institute of Technology. There is even a town in Israel which he helped to found called Tel Mond. At home he had a farm where he was a noted as a pig breeder.
Throughout hislife Mond had to overcome a degree of anti Semitism, particularly on the hustings when he was fighting Carmathen. He treated it with good humour and rose above the slanders. He died in 1930 and, apart from ICI he is remembered for the fine collection of 'old masters' his father had collected and which Alfred gave to the National Gallery, paying to have them suitably displayed.