Evelina Gertrude de Rothschild (25 August 1839 – 4 December 1866) was an
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socialite
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and a member of the
Rothschild banking family of England
The Rothschild banking family of England was founded in (1798) by Nathan Mayer von Rothschild (1777–1836) who first settled in Manchester but then moved to London (at the time in the Kingdom of Great Britain). Nathan was sent there from his ...
.
Biography
Evelina de Rothschild was the daughter of
Baron Lionel de Rothschild
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (22 November 1808 – 3 June 1879) was a British Jewish banker, politician and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. He became the first practising Jew to sit ...
(1808–1879), the first openly unconverted
Jew
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to sit in the
British House of Commons
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. Her mother was
Charlotte von Rothschild
''Freifrau'' Charlotte von Rothschild (13 June 1819 – 13 March 1884) was a Germany, German-born United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British socialite. She was a member of the Rothschild banking family of Naples.
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(1819–1884), a cousin from the
Naples branch of the family.
On 7 June 1865 Evelina married her second cousin
Ferdinand James von Rothschild
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (17 December 1839 – 17 December 1898), also known as Ferdinand James Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild, was a British Jewish banker, art collector and politician who was a member of the prominent Rothschild family ...
(1839–1898) of the
Austrian branch of the family. Because of her parents' prominent position as one of the wealthiest and most influential families in England, guests at her wedding banquet and ball included
Benjamin Disraeli
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, the ambassadors from
Austria
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and
France
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, and
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
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.
Following a lengthy honeymoon across
Europe
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, Evelina and her husband settled into a home at 143
Piccadilly
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in London near her parents. She died on 4 December 1866 after giving birth to their first child, a
stillborn
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son. She is buried at the
Rothschild Mausoleum
West Ham Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery for Jews in West Ham in the London Borough of Newham, England. It was established in 1856 by the New Synagogue on Great St. Helen's, soon joined by the Great Synagogue in Duke's Place, both of them Lond ...
in the
Jewish Cemetery at West Ham
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.
Commemoration
In her memory, her husband built, equipped, and endowed the
Evelina Hospital for Sick Children in
Southwark
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, one of the neglected and poorest districts of London. Her father Lionel assumed sponsorship, in 1867, of the first school for girls in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, which opened in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
in 1854, and renamed it the ''
Evelina de Rothschild School
The Evelina de Rothschild Secondary School is a public Jewish religious secondary school for girls, located originally in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel, but nowadays on Ussishkin Street. Founded in 1854 as the Evelina de Rothschild School, it ...
''. Her mother, Charlotte, inaugurated the Evelina Prize, awarded at Jewish elementary schools and
Jews' College
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.
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References
Further reading
* Laura S. Schor. ''The Best School in Jerusalem: Annie Landau's School for Girls, 1900–1960'' (Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England; 2013) 320 pages; Combines a biography of the London-born educator Annie Landau (1873-1945) and a history of the Jewish Association's Evelina de Rothschild School for Girls, which she led for 45 years.
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Evelina de Rothschild
Evelina Gertrude de Rothschild (25 August 1839 – 4 December 1866) was an English socialite and a member of the Rothschild banking family of England.
Biography
Evelina de Rothschild was the daughter of Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808–1879), ...
1839 births
1866 deaths
Deaths in childbirth
English people of German-Jewish descent