Amschel Rothschild | |
|---|---|
| Born | Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (1955-04-18)18 April 1955 Paris, France |
| Died | 8 July 1996(1996-07-08) (aged 41) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, includingJames Rothschild |
| Parent(s) | Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild Teresa Georgina Mayor |
| Family | Rothschild |
Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (18 April 1955 – 8 July 1996) was a British businessman who was the executive chairman of Rothschild Asset Management of theRothschild banking family of England.
Rothschild was born in Paris, the youngest child ofVictor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild and his second wife,Teresa Georgina Rothschild (née Mayor). On his father's side, he descended from theRothschild family. His half-brother wasJacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild. His maternal grandfather, Robert John Grote Mayor, was the brother of English novelistF. M. Mayor and a great-nephew of philosopher and clergymanJohn Grote. His maternal grandmother, Katherine Beatrice Meinertzhagen, of English and German descent, was the sister of soldierRichard Meinertzhagen and the niece of authorBeatrice Webb.[1][2]
He attendedKing's College School, Cambridge, and was then educated atThe Leys School. He graduated in 1976 fromCity University (London), where he read economics, history and archaeology. His initial vocation was journalism, as a circulation manager of the now defunct literary magazine,The New Review.[citation needed]
In 1987, Rothschild joined the family banking firm,N M Rothschild & Sons. By 1990 he was made chief executive of one of the Rothschild's weaker assets, Rothschild Asset Management. In 1993, he became chairman of the firm, helping to steer it onto a more stable path.[citation needed]
One of his favourite pastimes was farming. Rothschild had inherited an arable farm, Rushbrooke, nearBury St. Edmunds where he spent many hours at work. He was also a keen racer of cars. His passion started when he acquired a scrambler motorcycle, at age thirteen. In later life, he got into motor racing, and was the winner of the Peter Collins Memorial Trophy Race atSilverstone in 1996. Among his car collection was an AC Cobra Daytona sports car, a 1957 Maserati 250F Formula I, and a 1958 BRM P25 Formula I. He kept aStampe at his home in Suffolk.[3]
Rothschild was a trustee ofYad Hanadiv, the Rothschild foundation which has supported many projects in Israel, including the building of the Supreme Court andKnesset inJerusalem.
In 1981, he married Anita PatienceGuinness, daughter of the merchant banker James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness and Pauline Vivien Mander. They had three children:[4]
Rothschild and his wife were also godparents to a daughter of politicianWilliam Waldegrave, who is a godfather to James Rothschild.
Amschel Rothschild owned a summer home at Alton,New Hampshire.
In July 1996, Amschel Rothschild died by suicide at theHôtel Le Bristol Paris. The coroner said there were no sinister circumstances about his death. His wife attributed the suicide to untreated depression, partly over the recent death of his widowed mother.[5]