Mayer Amschel de Rothschild
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Baron Mayer de Rothschild | |
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Born | |
Died | 6 February 1874 | (aged 55)
Children | Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery |
Parent | Nathan Mayer Rothschild |
Relatives | Mayer Amschel Rothschild, grandfather |
Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (29 June 1818 – 6 February 1874) was an English businessman and politician of the English branch of the Rothschild family. He was the fourth and youngest son of Hannah (Barent-Cohen) and Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836). He was named Mayer Amschel Rothschild, for his grandfather, the patriarch of the Rothschild family.
Life
Known to his family as "Muffy", he was born in New Court,
Mayer's mother, Hannah (
In 1873, Baron Mayer bought 90 acres (36 hectares) of land at Ascott, two miles from Mentmore. This was given to his nephew Leopold de Rothschild who enlarged the existing Ascott House to the Neo-Tudor structure seen today.
Mayer Rothschild was a keen
Family
Mayer de Rothschild and his wife Juliana (née Cohen) had one child, a daughter, Hannah, later Countess of Rosebery. She was his sole heiress, and through her, Mentmore Towers passed to the Earl of Rosebery, who served as Prime Minister from 1894 to 1895.
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild died in 1874 and was buried in the Willesden Jewish Cemetery in Beaconsfield Road, Willesden, London.
See also
- History of the Jews in England
- Rothschild banking family of England
- Rothschild banking family of France
- Rothschild banking family of Austria
- Rothschild banking family of Naples
- Carl Mayer von Rothschild
References
- ^ "Rothschild, Mayer Amschel (RTST837MA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.