Editing Keith Joseph (section)

== Early life ==
Joseph was born in [[City of Westminster|Westminster]], [[County of London|London]], to a wealthy and influential family, the son of Edna Cicely (Phillips) and [[Sir Samuel Joseph, 1st Baronet|Samuel Joseph]]. His father headed the vast family construction and project-management company, [[Lendlease|Bovis]], and was [[Lord Mayor of London]] in 1942–3. At the end of his term he was created a [[baronet]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/commandingheight00yerg_0/page/92 |title=Excerpt from "The Commanding Heights" |first1=Daniel |last1=Yergin |author-link1=Daniel Yergin |first2=Joseph |last2=Stanislaw |author-link2=Joseph Stanislaw |year=1998 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/commandingheight00yerg_0/page/92 92–105] |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0-684-82975-3 |access-date=22 July 2014 |url-access=registration }}</ref> Joseph's family was Jewish.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/int_ralphharris.html | title=Commanding Heights : Lord Ralph Harris &#124; on PBS | website=[[PBS]] }}</ref> On the death of his father on 4 October 1944, 26-year-old Keith inherited the [[baronet]]cy.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}