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Alfred de Rothschild. Alfred Charles Freiherr de Rothschild, CVO (20 July 1842 – 31 January 1918), was the second son of Lionel Freiherr de Rothschild and Charlotte Freifrau von Rothschild of the Rothschild family .
Learn about the life and achievements of Alfred de Rothschild, a banker, diplomat and art collector. He was the fourth son of Lionel and Charlotte de Rothschild, and the first Jew to be a director of the Bank of England.
Jan 19, 2014 · Learn how the British aristocratic Carnarvon family, whose history inspired the TV series Downton Abbey, was supported by Alfred de Rothschild, a wealthy Jewish banker and philanthropist. Discover how his daughter Almina married the fifth Earl of Carnarvon and funded his famous Egyptian archeological expeditions.
Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) was a director of the Bank of England and a National Gallery Trustee. He inherited his father's estate and art collection, and had links to slavery compensation and abolition.
Learn how Alfred de Rothschild (1842–1918) built a distinguished collection of Old Master paintings and influenced the direction of public art collections in Britain. Explore his flamboyant lifestyle, his role as a Bank of England director and his legacy at Halton House.
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Alfred de Rothschild and Halton. Lionel’s second son Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) inherited the estate and soon after began to build a house on a completely new site, previously agricultural land, 600m east of the church. On 15 January 1884 the house, designed by William Cubitt & Co., was opened in the presence of the Prince of Wales.
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A biography of Alfred Charles de Rothschild, a British banker and art collector from the Rothschild family. Learn about his career, his role in the Bank of England, his trusteeship of the National Gallery and his collection of 18th-century paintings.
