Dorothy de Rothschild
Dorothy de Rothschild (born March 7, 1895 in London , † December 10, 1988 ibid), née Dorothy Mathilde Pinto, was an English philanthropist and Zionist.
Life
She was the daughter of Eugene Pinto (1854-1932) and Catherine Pinto (née Cohen, 1872-1939). In 1913, at the age of 17, she married James Armand de Rothschild , son of Edmond James de Rothschild from the French branch of the Rothschild banking family . The couple settled at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire in 1922 . Dorothy de Rothschild particularly supported her husband's political work from 1929 to 1945 when he was a member of the Liberal Party . After his death in 1957, Waddesdon Manor was given to the National Trust .
Like her father-in-law and her husband, Dorothy de Rothschild became involved in Zionism at an early age . After the deaths of both, she continued Zionism in the interests of her father-in-law and husband and was a close friend of Chaim Weizmann . She became chair of Yad Hanadiv, the Rothschild charity in Israel.
Her husband had financed the Knesset Parliament building and she herself helped fund the Israel Supreme Court building .
Dorothy de Rotschild died in London in 1988 at the age of 93. She left no direct heirs. Her net worth was estimated at $ 166 million.
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| SURNAME | Rothschild, Dorothy de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pinto, Dorothy Mathilde (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English philanthropist and Zionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1988 |
| Place of death | London |