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Anthony Gustav de Rothschild | |
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_and_Anthony_Gustav_de_Rothschild_(1887%25E2%2580%25931961)_in_1926.png) With his wife Yvonne in 1926 | |
| Born | (1887-06-26)26 June 1887 London, England |
| Died | 5 February 1961(1961-02-05) (aged 73) London, England |
| Education | Harrow School,Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupations | Financier, philanthropist, racehorse owner/breeder |
| Board member of | N M Rothschild & Sons |
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| Children | 3 (includingEvelyn de Rothschild) |
| Parent(s) | Leopold de Rothschild Marie Perugia |
| Relatives | Evelyn Achille de Rothschild (brother) Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (brother) |
Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (26 June 1887 – 5 February 1961) was a Britishbanker and member of theRothschild family.
Born inLondon, England, he was the third and youngest of the three sons ofLeopold de Rothschild (1845–1917) andMarie Perugia (1862–1937). A part of the prominentRothschild banking family of England, he was educated atHarrow School and theUniversity of Cambridge where he secured aDouble First inhistory.
At the outbreak ofWorld War I Anthony de Rothschild and his brotherEvelyn joined theBritish Army. While serving with theBuckinghamshire Yeomanry, Anthony was wounded during theBattle of Gallipoli but brother Evelyn died of combat injuries suffered at the 1917Battle of Mughar Ridge. On 5 December 1920, Captain Anthony de Rothschild unveiled the War Memorial in the churchyard of All Saints Church atWing, Buckinghamshire honoring his brother and his Wing comrades killed in World War I.
Leopold de Rothschild died in early 1917 and the following year when the War ended, Anthony became one of the managing partners of the family'sN M Rothschild & Sons banking house in London. Anthony inheritedAscott House inAscott, Buckinghamshire.
Anthony de Rothschild was a major force in not only British finance but internationally as well. With brother Lionel having more interest in developing hisExbury Gardens than banking, under Anthony's direction, in 1953N M Rothschild & Sons led a syndicate that formed theBritish Newfoundland Development Corporation to undertake mineral exploration inLabrador,Canada and to develop theChurchill Falls hydro-electric station.
Anthony de Rothschild retired as head of theN M Rothschild & Sons banking house in 1961 and was succeeded by his son,Evelyn de Rothschild, who became chairman in 1976. He was active in preserving records of his family until his death. Among his legacies is the Anthony de Rothschild Prize in Surgery and the 1996 gift by his son of the Anthony de Rothschild Building, home of the Buckingham Business School and the Department of Economics and International Studies at theUniversity of Buckingham. The Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, atSt Mary's Campus,Imperial College School of Medicine in London is named in his honour.
In December 1938 Rothschild was appointed chairman of the Emigration (Planning) Committee, a subcommittee of theCouncil for German Jewry. The organization had been created in 1936 with the goal of helpingGerman Jews to leave Germany. DuringWorld War II he helped organize a safe place forEdvard Beneš to live at The Abbey,Aston Abbotts. In 1941 theGermanLuftwaffe bombed theRoyal Hospital Chelsea inChelsea, London and Anthony de Rothschild brought a group of elderly pensioners to live at Ascott for the remainder of the War.
In 1949 Anthony de Rothschild donated Ascott House together with its art collections to theNational Trust. The donation also included the surrounding 261 acres (1.06 km2) of land plus an endowment for its upkeep.
In 1926, he married French countessYvonne Lydia Louise Cahen d'Anvers (1899–1977) of theBischoffsheim family. They had the following children:
Anthony de Rothschild liked exotic luxury automobiles. He purchased a 1934Hispano-Suiza K6 and a J12 model for himself and his wife. Their vehicles can now be found in the hands of anAmerican collector and were displayed at the 2004Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance for the Hispano-Suiza anniversary.
Like his father, Anthony de Rothschild likedThoroughbredhorse racing and inherited the Southcourt Studbreeding farm at Ascott House. He continued to operate the racing stable and breeding operation. Among his racing success, he won the 1919Grand Prix de Paris withGalloper Light and the 19261,000 Guineas Stakes withPillion. Rothschild also bredMidstream whose wins include theCriterion Stakes, and who was theLeading sire in Australia in 1948, 1951, 1952.[2]
Anthony de Rothschild inherited the works ofart at Ascott House from his father and added to the collections with the acquisition of a vast array of books, English furniture, paintings, and more than 400 pieces ofChineseceramics. In 1937, in memory of his mother, who died that year, he donated theAnthony van Dyck painting,Abbé Scaglia adoring the Virgin and Child to theNational Gallery. Also in his large collection was the 1839J. M. W. Turner paintingCicero at his Villa.
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