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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.
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.
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.
Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839 - 1898) was from the Austrian branch of the family. His grandfather was Salomon, who had set up the Vienna business. His father, Anselm, married an English cousin, Charlotte, daughter of Nathan Mayer. Ferdinand and his sister Alice were devoted to their mother and after her early death in 1860
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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Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild died at Waddesdon of a heart attack on his birthday, 17 December 1898. His interest in horticulture and gardening was both productive and - luckily for posterity - long-lived.
