Rothschild
Americannoun
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Lionel Nathan, Baron de Lord Natty, 1809–79, English banker: first Jewish member of Parliament (son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild).
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Mayer or Meyer Amschel or Anselm 1743–1812, German banker: founder of the Rothschild family and international banking firm.
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his son Nathan Meyer, Baron de, 1777–1836, English banker, born in Germany.
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Lionel Nathan , Baron de Rothschild. 1809–79, British banker and first Jewish member of Parliament
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his grandfather Meyer Amschel (ˈmaiər ˈamʃəl). 1743–1812, German financier and founder of the Rothschild banking firm
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his son, Nathan Meyer , Baron de Rothschild. 1777–1836, British banker, born in Germany
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What Drumont could not have known was that what Rothschild was looking for would lead him to help found a nation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The 24-year-old bride-to-be insisted before marriage that Rothschild, eight years her senior, maintain a kosher kitchen in all his homes, even aboard his yacht.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
But when Herzl finally met Rothschild at the family bank, the encounter quickly sank both men’s expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The Viennese journalist who led the Zionist charge arrived for his first and only meeting with Rothschild in Paris in July of 1896, convinced that the Rothschilds were the indispensable bankers of the Jewish future.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
And no Rothschild ’29 or even Beau- jolais to go with it.”
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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