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Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (17 December 1839 – 17 December 1898), also known as Ferdinand James Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild, was a British banker, art collector and politician who was a member of the Rothschild family of bankers. He identified as a Liberal, later Liberal Unionist, [1] and sat as a Member of Parliament in the House of ...
An active Freemason, he was a founder member and master of the Ferdinand de Rothschild Lodge in 1892. No less prominent in the Jewish community, Ferdinand served as Treasurer of the Board of Guardians from 1868-1875, was Warden of the Central Synagogue and founded the Ferdinand de Rothschild Technical Scholarship at Stepney Jewish Schools.
Browse through our library of Archivist's Choice articles to discover some of the fascinating stories behind our collections. Ferdinand James de Rothschild, (1839-1898), the son of Anselm and Charlotte, was born in Paris on 17 December 1839 and educated in Vienna.
By Pippa Shirley, Head of Collections and Gardens. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, who built Waddesdon, was a fascinating character. We look more in depth at who he was and his love of entertaining.
Ferdinand de Rothschild was a politician, philanthropist and art collector, best known as the builder of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. He was also a writer. He wrote essays about history (particularly French and British), art and literature, and experimented with different types of fiction (including a country-house romance, an ...
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On Tuesday 15 June 1869, the Evelina Hospital for the Care of Sick Children was opened. The Hospital had been founded by Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839-1898), in memory of his wife Evelina (1839-1866), who had died tragically in childbirth.
His son Nathaniel de Rothschild, or ‘Natty’, was ennobled by Queen Victoria in 1885, and became the first Jewish peer. He was succeeded as MP for Aylesbury by his cousin Ferdinand. Mayer's son-in-law, Lord Rosebery, became Prime Minister although this was after the death of his wife, Hannah, Mayer’s only child.
