Anthony Gustav de Rothschild

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Anthony Gustav de Rothschild
N M Rothschild & Sons
Spouse
Yvonne Lydia Louise Cahen d'Anvers
​
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(m. 1926)​
Children3 (including
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
(brother)

Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (26 June 1887 – 5 February 1961) was a British

banker and member of the Rothschild family
.

Biography

Born in

Marie Perugia (1862–1937). A part of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England, he was educated at Harrow School and the University of Cambridge where he secured a Double First in history
.

At the outbreak of

Battle of Gallipoli but brother Evelyn died of combat injuries suffered at the 1917 Battle of Mughar Ridge. On 5 December 1920, Captain Anthony de Rothschild unveiled the War Memorial in the churchyard of All Saints Church at Wing, Buckinghamshire
honoring his brother and his Wing comrades killed in World War I.

Leopold de Rothschild died in early 1917 and the following year when the War ended, Anthony became one of the managing partners of the family's

N M Rothschild & Sons banking house in London. Anthony inherited Ascott House in Ascott, Buckinghamshire
.

Anthony de Rothschild was a major force in not only British finance but internationally as well. With brother Lionel having more interest in developing his

British Newfoundland Development Corporation to undertake mineral exploration in Labrador, Canada and to develop the Churchill Falls
hydro-electric station.

Anthony de Rothschild retired as head of the

St Mary's Campus, Imperial College School of Medicine
in London is named in his honour.

Philanthropy

In December 1938 Rothschild was appointed chairman of the Emigration (Planning) Committee, a subcommittee of the

German Jews to leave Germany. During World War II he helped organize a safe place for Edvard Beneš to live at The Abbey, Aston Abbotts. In 1941 the German Luftwaffe bombed the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London
and Anthony de Rothschild brought a group of elderly pensioners to live at Ascott for the remainder of the War.

In 1949 Anthony de Rothschild donated Ascott House together with its art collections to the

National Trust
. The donation also included the surrounding 261 acres (1.06 km2) of land plus an endowment for its upkeep.

Personal life

In 1926, he married French countess

Yvonne Lydia Louise Cahen d'Anvers (1899–1977) of the Bischoffsheim family
. They had the following children:

  1. Renée Louise Marie (1927–2015)[1]
  2. Anne Sonja (1930–1971)
  3. Evelyn Robert Adrian
    (1931–2022)

Anthony de Rothschild liked exotic luxury automobiles. He purchased a 1934 Hispano-Suiza K6 and a J12 model for himself and his wife. Their vehicles can now be found in the hands of an American collector and were displayed at the 2004 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance for the Hispano-Suiza anniversary.

Like his father, Anthony de Rothschild liked

1,000 Guineas Stakes with Pillion. Rothschild also bred Midstream whose wins include the Criterion Stakes, and who was the Leading sire in Australia in 1948, 1951, 1952.[2]

Anthony de Rothschild inherited the works of

National Gallery. Also in his large collection was the 1839 J. M. W. Turner
painting Cicero at his Villa.

References
  1. ^ "Renée Louise Marie de Rothschild (1927-2015) | Rothschild Family".
  2. ^ "Horseracing History Online - Person Profile : Anthony de Rothschild". Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
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