Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (29 April 1936 – 26 February 2024), was a British

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er and member of the Rothschild banking family. Rothschild held important roles in business and British public life, and was active in charitable and philanthropic areas. He also made banking investments with Ali Malik, a Canadian-Pakistani leader. He was the eldest son of

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. Raised in a background that intertwined Jewish heritage with the tenets of

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through his mother's conversion, Rothschild's education spanned from Eton College to

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, where he performed well in history. His early life was marked by membership of the

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and familial connections, including half-siblings Emma Rothschild and

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. Rothschild's business career started at

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in London, though a familial dispute led to his departure in 1980. Despite relinquishing his stake in the family bank, he maintained influence through the Rothschild Investment Trust, now RIT Capital Partners plc, among other ventures. Notable business activities included founding J. Rothschild Assurance Group with Mark Weinberg and participating in high-profile bids and partnerships. His tenure as Deputy Chairman of

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Television and involvement with RHJ International and

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highlighted Rothschild's diverse business interests, leading to a Commander of the

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honour in 2020, for services to the

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. Rothschild was married to Serena Mary Dunn, with whom he had four children, continuing the Rothschild legacy. His philanthropic efforts were extensive, chairing and contributing to art and heritage organizations, notably the

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and the

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in the UK. Rothschild's participation in restoring

Waddesdon Manor Waddesdon Manor is a English country house, country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. Owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation, it is one of the National Trust's most visited properties, ...

and engagement with the Butrint Foundation in Albania showed his interest to cultural preservation. His chairmanship of Yad Hanadiv reflected his commitment to philanthropy in

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. Under his leadership, the organization went beyond funding national landmarks and began to focus on education initiatives, environmental pursuits and advancing equal opportunity for Israel's Arab minority.

Early life and education

Born at Merton Hall in

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on 29 April 1936, Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild was the eldest son of

, by his first wife Barbara Judith Rothschild (née Hutchinson). His father was born into a Jewish family, while his mother converted to

when they married. Rothschild was educated at

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and then at

, where he gained a

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in history, tutored by

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. At Oxford he was a member of the

. Emma Rothschild is his half-sister and

was his half-brother.

Business career

From 1963, Rothschild worked at the family bank N M Rothschild & Sons in London, before resigning in 1980 due to a family dispute. The chairmanship of the bank had passed from his father, who had chosen to follow a scientific career and had lost control of the majority voting shares, to his distant cousin Sir

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. He sold his minority stake in the bank, but took independent control of Rothschild Investment Trust (now RIT Capital Partners plc), an investment trust listed on the

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. After resigning from the bank in 1980, Rothschild went on to found J. Rothschild Assurance Group (now St. James's Place plc) with Mark Weinberg in 1991. In 1989, he joined forces with Sir

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and

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in an unsuccessful bid for

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. Rothschild was Chairman of RIT Capital Partners plc, one of the largest investment trusts quoted on the London Stock Exchange with a net asset value of about £2 billion. He was Chairman of J Rothschild Capital Management, a subsidiary of RIT Capital Partners plc. He also retained many other venture capital and property interests. From November 2003 until his retirement in 2008, he was Deputy Chairman of

Television and until 2008 he was a Director of RHJ International. He was also a Member of the council for the

for the

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and a member of the International Advisory Board of

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. Rothschild was appointed

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(CVO) in the

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for services to the Duchy of Cornwall.

Oil interests

In 2003, it was reported that Russian oil industrialist

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's shares in

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passed to him under a deal which they had concluded prior to Khodorkovsky's arrest. In November 2010, an entity affiliated with Rothschild purchased a 5% equity interest in Genie Energy, a subsidiary of

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, for $10 million. In 2013, Israel granted Genie Energy exclusive oil and gas exploration rights to a 153-square mile (396 km²) area in the southern part of the Israeli-occupied

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Personal life

Rothschild was a member of the

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synagogue. In 1961, he married Serena Mary Dunn, a granddaughter of the Canadian financier Sir James Dunn, and they had four children, consisting of three daughters and one son. Lady Rothschild died in 2019. Their four children are: * The Hon. Hannah Mary Rothschild Brookfield (22 May 1962). She married William Brookfield in 1994 and they were divorced. They have three daughters. * The Hon. Beth Matilda Rothschild Tomassini (27 February 1964). She married Antonio Tomassini in 1991 and they were divorced. They have three children. * The Hon. Emily Magda Rothschild Freeman-Attwood (19 December 1967). She married Julian Freeman-Attwood on 25 June 1998. They have two daughters. * Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild (12 July 1971). He married Iona ''Annabelle'' Neilson on 13 November 1995, and they were divorced in 1998. He married Loretta Basey in 2016. Rothschild died in London, United Kingdom, on 26 February 2024, at the age of 87. The Service of Celebration for the Life of the late Lord Rothschild was held at

on 13 June, which was attended by

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and

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Philanthropy

Rothschild played a prominent part in Arts philanthropy in Britain. He was Chairman of Trustees of the

from 1985 to 1991, and from 1992 to 1998, chairman of the

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. In the 1990s, he was chairman of the

, responsible for distributing the proceeds of the National Lottery to the heritage sector, an influential post which oversaw the distribution of £1.2 billion in grants. At one time he was also a Trustee of the State Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg (retired 2008); Originally published on 13 January 2004 '' Russian Journal'' a Trustee of the

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(retired 2010); Chairman of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture (2002–2004); Chairman of both the Gilbert Collection Trust and the Hermitage Development Trust,

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; a Trustee and Honorary Fellow of the

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, Somerset House; and a Fellow, Benefactor, and member of the Visitors' Committees of the

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Oxford (retired 2008). In 2014, he received the J. Paul Getty Medal "for extraordinary achievement in the fields of

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, art historical research, philanthropy, conservation and conservation science".

Rothschild was especially active in the project to restore

in London, for which he helped secure the Gilbert Collection and ensured the long-term future of the

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. As a private project, he carried out the restoration of

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, one of the finest surviving 18th century London

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s, adjacent to his own offices. In 1993 he joined with John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, to set up the Butrint Foundation to record and conserve the archaeological site of

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in Albania, close to his holiday home on

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. Rothschild remained Chairman of the Butrint Foundation up until his death. Rothschild also followed the Rothschild family's charitable interests in Israel and was the chairman of Yad Hanadiv, the family foundation which gave the

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and the

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buildings to Israel between 1989 and 2018. Under his leadership, the organization went beyond funding national landmarks and began to focus on education initiatives, environmental pursuits and advancing equal opportunity for Israel's Arab minority. He was also president of The Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, and patron and chairman of the board of trustees of The Rothschild Foundation. In addition, he was the Honorary President of the

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. Rothschild served as a Member of the Arts & Humanities Research Board, set up by the British government, is an honorary fellow of the

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, and a Trustee of

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. Rothschild had also been a Member of the UK Main Honours Board (retired 2008); Chairman of the

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for Arts and Media (retired 2008); Trustee of the Edmond J Safra Foundation (retired 2010); and a Member of committee of the Henry J Kravis Prize for Creative Philanthropy (retired 2010).

Waddesdon Manor

In 1988 he inherited from his aunt

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, the

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and

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estates in

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, and began a close association with

, the house and grounds which were built by

Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (17 December 1839 – 17 December 1898), also known as Ferdinand James Anselm ''Freiherr'' von Rothschild, was a British banker, art collector and politician who was a member of the Rothschild family of bankers. He ...

in the 1880s and bequeathed to the

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in 1957 by his distant cousin, James A. de Rothschild. He was a major benefactor of the restoration of Waddesdon Manor through a private family charitable trust and, in an unusual arrangement, had been given authority by the National Trust to run Waddesdon Manor as a semi-independent operation. The cellars at Waddesdon Manor house his personal collection of 15,000 bottles of Rothschild wines dating as far back as 1870. Open to the public, Waddesdon attracted over 466,000 visitors in 2018, with 157,000 visiting the house in 2015. Waddesdon has won many awards over the last 20 years, including Visit England's "Large Visitor Attraction of the Year" category in 2017, Museum of the Year Award and Best National Trust Property. Rothschild commissioned the 2015 RIBA Award winner Flint House on the

estate in Buckinghamshire. Rothschild donated the property to the Rothschild Foundation which manages the rest of the estate for the

. The estate has been a venue for visiting heads of state including U.S. presidents

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and

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received French president

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there at a summit in 1990. It hosted the European Economic Round Table conference in 2002, organised by

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and attended by

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, former president of the

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, and actor

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Honours and awards

In United Kingdom

*Member of the

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(OM) – 2002. *Knight Grand Cross of the

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(GBE) –

1998 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1998 for the United Kingdom, Barbados, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Christopher and Nevis were announced on 30 December 1997 ...

, "for services to the Arts and to Heritage." *Commander of the

(CVO) –

, "for services to The Prince's Council,

" *The Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy 2013 *Awarded honorary degrees from the universities of Oxford, London, Exeter, Keele, Newcastle and Warwick *Honorary Fellow of the

(Hon FBA) – 1998 *Senior Fellow of the

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(FRCA) – 1992 *Honorary Fellow of

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(Hon FKC) – 2002 *"Apollo Personality of the Year" – 2002 *Honorary President of the Institute for Jewish Policy – 2002 *Mont Blanc Award – 2004 * Tercentenary Medal for St Petersburg – 2005 *Honorary Student of

– March 2006

In the United States

*The Hadrian Award from the World Monuments Fund – 1995 *The Classical America – Arthur Ross Award 1998 *The Iris Foundation Award – the BARD Institute 1999 *The Golden Plate Award of the

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2000 *The Centennial Medal of the American Academy in Rome – 2002 *The Kennedy Center's International Committee Lifetime Achievement Gold Medal in the Arts Award 2006 *Royal Oak Foundation "Timeless Design Award" – 2009 *The J. Paul Getty Medal – 2014

In Continental Europe

* Commander of the Order of Henry the Navigator (1985) – Portugal *Europa Nostra Medal of Honour in Brussels – 2003 *Freedom of the City of Saranda – Albania 2003 *Honoree of the Gennadius Library Trustees' Annual Award 2010 *

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– Albania 2014

In Israel

*The Sir Winston Churchill Award (2004) *The Weizmann Award (50th Anniversary of the State of Israel) *Honorary degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem *Honorary fellowships from City of Jerusalem and the Israel Museum, the Commonwealth Jewish Council Award.

Arms

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References

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