David Ximenes

Lieutenant-General Sir David Ximenes KCH JP
Portrait of Ximenes as a lieutenant-colonel
Born	1777 London
Died	16 August 1848, age 71 Bear Ash, Maidenhead, Berkshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1794–1847
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	62nd Regiment of Foot
Conflicts	French Revolutionary War Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War War of 1812 Battle of Hampden
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order (1832) Knight bachelor (1832)
Relations	Sir Morris Ximenes (brother)
Other work	Magistrate for Berkshire

Lieutenant-General Sir David Ximenes KCH JP (1777–1848) was a British Army officer, magistrate and Berkshire landowner.

He was a descendant of Cardinal Ximenes de Cisneros, the Grand Inquisitor. His family converted to the Anglican faith in the late 18th century and were amongst the first Jewish families to do so. This was in order to serve in official capacities within the British power structure, then prohibited to non-Anglicans. It appears that they did not have to do much with the Jewish community in England after that time. He was the youngest son of David Ximenes Senior of Bear Place at Hare Hatch, near Wargrave in Berkshire, and brother to Sir Morris Ximenes of the same place. He was present at the Battle of Waterloo. In England, he lived at Bear Ash, also at Hare Hatch in Berkshire.

External links

• Contemporaneous information on Lieutenant-General Sir David Ximenes and Bear Place
• Noting his descent from Cardinal Ximenes