Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (8 November 1840 – 31 March 1915) was a British banker and politician from the international Rothschild financial dynasty.
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 Co...
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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.
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:
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. He was subsequently elevated to the House of Lords and...
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