Baron Rothschild

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Baron Rothschild
Coronet of a British Baron.svg
Arms of the House of Rothschild.svg
Quarterly: 1st, Or an eagle displayed Sable langued Gules; 2nd, Azure issuing from the sinister flank an arm embowed proper grasping five arrows points downward Argent; 3rd, Azure issuing from the dexter flank an arm embowed proper grasping five arrows points downward Argent; 4th, Or a Lion rampant Gules; over all an escutcheon Gules charged with an oval target with pointed center Argent per bend sinister
Creation date29 June 1885
Created by Queen Victoria
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder Sir Nathan Rothschild, Bt
Present holder Nathaniel Rothschild
Remainder toHeirs male of the body of the first baron; failing, heirs male of the sons of the first baron's brother
Former seat(s) Tring Park Mansion
MottoConcordia, Integritas, Industria (Latin for 'Harmony, Integrity, Industry') [1]

Baron Rothschild, of Tring in the County of Hertfordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created in 1885 for Sir Nathan Rothschild, 2nd Baronet, a member of the Rothschild banking family. [2] He was the first Jewish member of the House of Lords not to have previously converted to Christianity. The current holder of the title is Nathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild, who inherited the barony in February 2024.

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History

The Rothschild baronetcy, of Grosvenor Place, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1847 for Anthony de Rothschild, a banker and politician, with remainder to the male issue of his elder brother, Lionel de Rothschild, the first ever practicing Jewish Member of Parliament. [3] Both Anthony and Lionel were sons of the influential financier Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), founder of the English branch of the Rothschild family.

The first Baronet was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the aforementioned second Baronet, [4] who was created Baron Rothschild in 1885. Although other ethnic Jews such as Sampson Eardley and Benjamin Disraeli had already received peerages, both were brought up as Christians from childhood, and Eardley's Irish peerage did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. Rothschild was thus the first practicing Jew to sit in the House of Lords.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, Walter, the second Baron. He was a banker and politician but is best remembered for his interest in zoology. He died without male issue and his brother had predeceased him, so upon his death, the titles passed to his nephew Victor, the third Baron. He was the only son of the Hon. Charles Rothschild.

As of 2024, the titles are held by the fourth Baron's son, Nathaniel, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2024. [1]

Austrian title

In 1822, the hereditary title of Freiherr (baron) of the Austrian Empire was granted in the Austrian nobility by Emperor Francis I of Austria to the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild. [5] In 1838, Queen Victoria authorized the use of this Austrian baronial title in the United Kingdom by Lionel de Rothschild and certain other members of the Rothschild family. [6] [7] However, the use of such foreign titles in the United Kingdom was subsequently limited by a warrant of 27 April 1932. [8]

Rothschild baronets, of Grosvenor Place (1847)

Arms of the Rothschild baronets Blason de los Baronet Rothschild.svg
Arms of the Rothschild baronets

Baron Rothschild (1885)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's first cousin, James Amschel Victor Rothschild (born 1985). [1]
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son, born in 2022. [1]

There are no other living male-line descendants of the first Baron. If the line of the first Baron fails, the barony will become extinct, but the baronetcy will fall to a descendant of the first Baron's younger brother, Leopold de Rothschild (1845–1917). That descendant is currently his great-grandson Nicholas David Rothschild (born 1951).

Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Rothschild baronets and Barons Rothschild
Nathan Mayer Rothschild
1777–1836
Rothschild baronetcy
Lionel de Rothschild
1808–1879
Sir Anthony de Rothschild
1st Baronet

1810–1876
Baron Rothschild
Nathan Rothschild
1st Baron Rothschild

2nd Baronet
1840–1915
Walter Rothschild
2nd Baron Rothschild

3rd Baronet
1868–1937
Hon.
Charles Rothschild
1877–1923
Victor Rothschild
3rd Baron Rothschild

4th Baronet
1910–1990
Jacob Rothschild
4th Baron Rothschild

5th Baronet
1936–2024
Benjamin Rothschild
1952–1952
Hon.
Amschel Rothschild
1955–1996
Nathaniel Rothschild
5th Baron Rothschild

6th Baronet
born 1971
James Rothschild
born 1985
A son
born 2022

Line of succession

Those in positions (3) to (8) below are in remainder to the baronetcy only.

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