Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
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Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (8 November 1840 – 31 March 1915) was a British banker and politician from the international Rothschild financial dynasty.
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[edit] Life and family
Known as "Natty", he was the son of Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879) and Charlotte Rothschild (née von Rothschild), grandson of Nathan Mayer Rothschild after whom he was named, and the great-grandson of Mayer Amschel Rothschild founder of the dynasty.
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a friend of the Prince of Wales, but left without taking a degree.
On 16 April 1867 he married Emma Louise von Rothschild (1844-1935), a cousin from the Rothschild banking family of Germany in Frankfurt. They had the following children:
- Lionel Walter (1868-1937)
- Charlotte (1873-1937)
- Charles Rothschild (1877-1923)
[edit] Baron and first Jewish member of House of Lords
In 1847, his uncle Anthony Nathan de Rothschild (1810-1876) was created 1st Baronet de Rothschild, of Tring Park. Because Anthony had no male heirs, on his death the title went to nephew Nathan Mayer Rothschild who was subsequently elevated to the House of Lords and created Baron Rothschild in 1885 with which title the baronetcy remains merged.
The peerage was inherited by his son Walter (Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild).
[edit] Work
He worked as a partner in the London branch of the family bank NM Rothschild and Sons and became head of the bank after his father's death in 1879. During his tenure he also maintained its pre-eminent position in private venture finance and in issuing loans to the governments of the USA, Russia and Austria. Following the Rothschild's funding of the Suez Canal a close relationship was maintained with Benjamin Disraeli and affairs in Egypt.
Natty also funded Cecil Rhodes in the development of the British South Africa Company and the De Beers diamond conglomerate. He administered Rhodes's estate after his death in 1902 and helped to set up the Rhodes Scholarship scheme at Oxford University.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Joseph Valynseele & Henri-Claude Mars, Le Sang des Rothschild, L’Intermédiaire des Chercheurs et Curieux, Paris.
- See also the list of references at Rothschild banking family of England
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| Preceded by Thomas Tyringham Bernard Samuel George Smith |
Member for Aylesbury with Samuel George Smith 1865–1880, George William Erskine Russell 1880–1885 1865–1885 |
Succeeded by Ferdinand James von Rothschild |
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| Preceded by The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1889–1915 |
Succeeded by The Marquess of Lincolnshire |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Rothschild 1885–1915 |
Succeeded by Walter Rothschild |
| Preceded by Anthony Nathan de Rothschild |
Baronet (of Tring Park) 1876–1915 |
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