Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

For other persons with a similar name, see Nathaniel Rothschild (disambiguation).

The Lord Rothschild
Born	Nathan Mayer Rothschild 8 November 1840(1840-11-08)
Died	31 March 1915(1915-03-31) (aged 74)
Education	Trinity College, Cambridge
Predecessor	none
Successor	Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
Spouse	Emma Louise von Rothschild (m. 1867) «start: (1867-04-16)»"Marriage: Emma Louise von Rothschild to Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild" Location:Frankfurt, Germany (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Rothschild,_1st_Baron_Rothschild)
Children	Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Evelina Rothschild-Behrens Charles Rothschild
Parents	Lionel de Rothschild Charlotte von Rothschild
Relatives	Nathan Mayer Rothschild, grandfather Mayer Amschel Rothschild, greatgrandfather

Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild (8 November 1840 – 31 March 1915) was a British banker and politician from the international Rothschild financial dynasty.

Life and family

Known as "Natty", he was the eldest son of Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879) and Baroness Charlotte de 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,^[1] 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 Louisa Adela Evelina (1873-1947)
• Nathaniel Charles (1877-1923)

Baron

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 baronetcy passed to his nephew Nathan Mayer Rothschild. In 1885, he was subsequently became a member of the House of Lords and was created Baron Rothschild, of Tring in the County of Hertford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He also was Baron (Freiherr) von/de Rothschild, of the Austrian Empire, a nobility title he had inherited via his father.

Lord Rothschild was the first Jewish member of the House of Lords not previously converted to Christianity. (For example, Benjamin Disraeli had been created Lord Beaconsfield in 1876, but was baptized into Anglicanism at age twelve.) The peerage was inherited by his son Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild.

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 succeeded him as General of the Society of the Elect and later administered Rhodes's estate after his death in 1902 and helped to set up the Rhodes Scholarship scheme at Oxford University.

A noted philanthropist, Rothschild was heavily involved with the foundation of the Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company, a model dwellings company whose aim was to provide decent housing, predominantly for the Jews of Spitalfields and Whitechapel.^[2] He also served as a trustee of the London Mosque Fund until his death.^[3]

Death

He died on 31 March 1915.

See also

• History of the Jews in England

Cultural references

• Appears as a minor character in the historical-mystery novel Stone's Fall, by Iain Pears.

References

1. ^ Rothschild, Nathaniel Mayer in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
2. ^ White, J. (1980) Rothschild Buildings: life in an East End tenement block, 1887-1920, p.21
3. ^ East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre. History display at their premises at 46-92 Whitechapel Road, London as seen on 28 April 2011.

• 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

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Nathan Rothschild

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Tyringham Bernard Samuel George Smith	Member of Parliament for Aylesbury 2-seat constituency until 1885 1865 – 1885 With: Samuel George Smith 1865–1880 George W. E. Russell 1880–1885	Succeeded by Ferdinand James von Rothschild
Honorary titles
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
New title	Baron Rothschild 1885 – 1915	Succeeded by Walter Rothschild
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Anthony Nathan de Rothschild	Baronet (of Tring Park) 1876 – 1915	Succeeded by Walter Rothschild

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Name	Rothschild, Nathan Mayer
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Date of birth	8 November 1840
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Date of death	31 March 1915
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