Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet

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Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet
Born
Anthony Nathan de Rothschild

(1810-05-29)29 May 1810
Died3 January 1876(1876-01-03) (aged 65)
Known forRothschild banking family of England
Parent(s)Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Hanna Barent Cohen

Sir Anthony Nathan de Rothschild, 1st Baronet (29 May 1810 – 3 January 1876), was a British financier and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England.

Early life

Born in New Court, St Swithin's Lane, in the

de Rothschild Frères in Paris and M. A. Rothschild & Söhne in Frankfurt
.

In 1840 Anthony Nathan de Rothschild married Louise Montefiore (1821–1910). She was a cousin, the daughter of Henriette Rothschild (1791–1866) and Abraham Montefiore. They had two daughters:

  1. Constance (1843–1931), married Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea (1843–1907)
  2. Annie Henrietta (1844–1926), married the Hon. Elliot Constantine Yorke, (1843–1878) son of the 4th Earl of Hardwicke.

Banking career

On his father's death in 1836, Anthony became a partner in the bank. Anthony's eldest brother

Chemin de Fer du Nord, the family's rail transport business in France. Anthony Rothschild's involvement with the financing of European railways was extensive and included the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, the Imperial Lombardo Venetian and Central Italian Railway Company of which brother Lionel was a director as well as funding railroad construction in Brazil. In the 1840s he was involved with their investment in an ironworks in Mexico that supplied product for the building of that country's railway system. In addition, he was part of the 1852 negotiations for the lease whereby the Rothschilds took over the running of the Royal Mint
Refinery in London and took charge of overseeing the operation.

Private life

Like other members of the Rothschild family, Anthony was a dedicated collector of art and antiquities, making purchases from dealers across Europe. He acquired several pieces of exceedingly rare faience from France. He owned paintings such as "Portrait of a Man as the God Mars" by Peter Paul Rubens and "The Dispatch of the Messenger" by François Boucher.

In the early 1850s, Anthony de Rothschild acquired

Jewish
community, supporting the Jews' Free School and was the first president of the United Synagogue upon its formation in 1870.

Honours

In 1847,

Nathan Mayer Rothschild.[2] The latter was subsequently created Baron Rothschild
in 1885, with which title the baronetcy remains merged.

He was also a hereditary

Consul-General in London for the Emperor of Austria in 1858.[5]

In addition, he was appointed as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1861.[6]

Later life

Anthony Nathan de Rothschild died in 1876 at

Anthony Hall to the village of Aston Clinton, which is now a listed building
.

References
  1. ^ "No. 20684". The London Gazette. 18 December 1864. p. 5885.
  2. ^ "Rothschild baronets". Debrett's illustrated baronetage and knightage. 1880. p. 384.
  3. ^ "No. 19628". The London Gazette. 22 June 1838. p. 1413.
  4. ^ "Baron of the Austrian Empire". Bulletins of State Intelligence. 1838. p. 220.
  5. ^ "No. 22202". The London Gazette. 19 November 1858. p. 4907.
  6. ^ "No. 22477". The London Gazette. 5 February 1861. p. 433.
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