Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild , called Natty , (born November 8, 1840 in London ; † March 31, 1915 ibid) was a British politician and banker of the third generation of the descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild .
Nathan Rothschild attended Trinity College (Cambridge) without a degree and belonged to the circle of friends of the Prince of Wales , who later became King Edward VII.
family
On April 16, 1867, he married Emma Louise von Rothschild (1844–1935), his Frankfurt cousin. They had the following children
- Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937), banker and zoologist
- Charlotte Louisa Adela Evelina Rothschild (1873–1947), ⚭ 1899 Major Clive Behrens
- (Nathaniel) Charles Rothschild (1877–1923), ⚭ 1907 Rozsiko von Wertheimstein; committed suicide in 1923
Noble
From his father Lionel Nathan Rothschild (1808-1879), he inherited the Austrian baron title Baron de Rothschild , who in 1822 his grandfather Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836) had been awarded.
At the death of his uncle Anthony de Rothschild (1810-1876) he inherited the British title of Baronet , of Grosvenor-place in the County of Middlesex, which had been given to this in 1847 with a corresponding inheritance regulation in favor of his nephews.
On June 29, 1885, he was given the hereditary British peerage of Baron Rothschild and thereby received a seat in the House of Lords . Nathan Mayer Rothschild was the first Jewish member of the British House of Lords; unlike Benjamin Disraeli , he had not converted to Christianity.
banker
Nathan Mayer Rothschild joined his grandfather's bank, NM Rothschild & Sons , and became its owner himself after his father's death in 1879. He provided venture capital to private companies and loans to the governments of the United States , Russia, and Austria . Grandfather's Russian bond from 1822, which was valid until 1917, is considered the first European bond, as it could be exchanged in the respective national currencies in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna and St. Petersburg and the dividends received there.
The baron made friends with Benjamin Disraeli through the Rothschilds' financial stake in the Suez Canal .
The baron financed Cecil Rhodes in its development of the British South Africa Society and De Beers . After his death in 1902, he managed the assets and thus founded the Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford .
On August 22, 1902, he was inducted into the Royal Victorian Order as the Knight Grand Cross .
MP and Faith
From 1865 to 1889 he was a Member of the House of Commons . The Baron was the driving force behind the Liberal Unionists' split from the Liberal Party in 1886.
For almost 40 years, between 1877 and 1915, he was President of the United Synagogue , which is based on the Torah and Halacha . He privately financed Mendel Beilis' departure from the Russian Empire after the Beilis affair of 1913. As a Conservative MP, his son Walter Rothschild received the so-called Balfour Declaration from Arthur Balfour in 1917 , which preceded the establishment of the State of Israel .
literature
- Joseph Valynseele, Henri-Claude Mars: Le Sang des Rothschild. L'Intermédiaire des Chercheurs et Curieux, Paris.
- Frederic Morton: The Rothschilds: Portrait of a Dynasty . Michael Freund (editor); Paul Stein (translator), Hans Lamm (translator). Publisher: Deuticke Verlag; Edition: 4 (May 23, 2006) ISBN 978-3-552-06046-3
- John Reeves: The Rothschilds: the financial rulers of nations Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, London (1887)
- The London House of Rothschild in: Ben Steigmann: Summary of Rothschild power.
Web links
- Newspaper article about Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 419.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony de Rothschild |
Baronet, of Grosvenor-place 1876-1915 |
Walter Rothschild |
| New title created |
Baron Rothschild 1885-1915 |
Walter Rothschild |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rothschild, Nathan, 1st Baron Rothschild |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rothschild, Nathan Mayer, 1st Baron Rothschild; Rothschild, Nathan Mayer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British banker and politician, Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1915 |
| Place of death | London |