Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, (born 29 April 1936) is a

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and a member of the

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. Now mostly retired, he has held many important roles in business, finance and British public life, and has been active in several charitable and philanthropic areas.

Early life

Born in

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, England,} he is the eldest son of

Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild (31 October 1910 – 20 March 1990) was a British banker, scientist, intelligence officer during World War II, and later a senior executive with Royal Dutch Shell and N M Rothschild & Son ...

, by his first wife Barbara Judith Rothschild (née Hutchinson). His father was born into a

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family, while his mother

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when they married. Rothschild was educated at

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and then at

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, where he gained a First in history, tutored by

Hugh Trevor-Roper Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton (15 January 1914 – 26 January 2003) was an English historian. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. Trevor-Roper was a polemicist and essayist on a range of ...

Emma Georgina Rothschild Emma Georgina Rothschild (born 16 May 1948) is a British economic historian, a professor of history at Harvard University. She is director of the Joint Centre for History and Economics at Harvard, and an honorary Professor of History and Economi ...

and

Amschel 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 the Rothschild banking family of England. Early years and kinships Rothschild was born in ...

are his half-siblings.

Business career

From 1963 Rothschild worked at the family bank N M Rothschild & Sons in

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, 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 Evelyn Robert de Rothschild. He sold his minority stake in the bank, but took independent control of

Rothschild Investment Trust RIT Capital Partners plc, formerly Rothschild Investment Trust, is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in quoted securities and quoted special situations. Established in 1961, the company is listed on the London Stock Exchan ...

(now RIT Capital Partners plc), an investment trust listed on the

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. After resigning from the bank in 1980, Jacob Rothschild went on to found J. Rothschild Assurance Group (now

St. James's Place plc St. James's Place Wealth Management plc (branded as St. James's Place) is a British multinational wealth management business primarily based in Cirencester, England but with a network of 23 offices spread across different cities within the UK. ...

) with

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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 is 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 is Chairman of J Rothschild Capital Management, a subsidiary of RIT Capital Partners plc. He also retains many other venture capital and property interests. From November 2003 until his retirement in 2008, he was Deputy Chairman of

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

Duchy of Cornwall The Duchy of Cornwall ( kw, Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster. The eldest son of the reigning British monarch obtains possession of the duchy and the title of 'Duke of Cornwall' at ...

for the Prince of Wales and a member of the International Advisory Board of

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. He 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 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 ...

granted Genie Energy exclusive oil and gas exploration rights to a 153-square mile area in the southern part of the Israeli-occupied

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Personal life

In 1961, Rothschild married Serena Mary Dunn, a granddaughter of the

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financier Sir James Dunn, and they had four children. Lady Rothschild died in 2019. Their four children are: * Hannah Mary Rothschild Brookfield (22 May 1962). She married William Brookfield in 1994 and they were divorced. They have three daughters. * Beth Matilda Rothschild Tomassini (27 February 1964). She married Antonio Tomassini in 1991 and they were divorced. They have three children. * Emily "Emmy" 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 (12 July 1971).The Rothschild Foster Trust: "The descendants of Charles Rothschild"
retrieved 27 September 2012 He married Annabelle Neilson on 13 November 1995, and they were divorced in 1997. He married Loretta Basey in 2016. Lord Rothschild leases

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Philanthropy

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

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

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. From 1994 to 1998, and at the invitation of the Prime Minister, he was chairman of the

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, 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. In the past, he has also been a Trustee of the State Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg (retired 2008); Originally published on 13 January 2004 '' Russian Journal'' a Trustee of the

Qatar Museums Authority Qatar Museums (formerly the Qatar Museums Authority) is a Qatari government entity that oversees the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, MIA Park, QM Gallery at Katara, ALRIWAQ DOHA Exhibition Space, the Al Zubar ...

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

Somerset House Somerset House is a large Neoclassical complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The Georgian era quadrangle was built on the site of a Tudor palace ("O ...

; a Trustee and Honorary Fellow of the

Courtauld Institute The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist c ...

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

Ashmolean Museum The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology () on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University o ...

Oxford (retired 2008). In 2014, he received the J. Paul Getty Medal "for extraordinary achievement in the fields of museology, art historical research, philanthropy, conservation and conservation science".Victoria Talbot, 'Second Annual J. Paul Getty Medal Goes to Lord Rothschild', '' The Beverly Hills Courier'', July 25, 2014, Volume XXXXVIIII Number 30, p. 21

He 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 Spencer House, one of the finest surviving 18th century London townhouses, 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

Butrint Butrint ( el, Βουθρωτόν and Βουθρωτός, ''Bouthrōtón'', la, Buthrōtum) was an ancient Greek and later Roman city and bishopric in Epirus. "Speakers of these various Greek dialects settled different parts of Greece at differe ...

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, close to his holiday home on

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. Today, Jacob remains Chairman of the Butrint Foundation. Jacob Rothschild has also followed the Rothschild family's charitable interests in Israel and was the chairman of

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, the family foundation which gave the

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and the

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buildings to Israel between 1989 and 2018. He is also president of The Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, for President, confirmed for Trustee and Patron and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Rothschild Foundation. for Chairman, confirmed for Trustee In addition, he is Honorary President of the

Institute for Jewish Policy Research The Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR), founded as the Institute of Jewish Affairs, is a London-based research institute and think tank. It specializes in contemporary Jewish affairs. JPR also runs a public education programme, and has hos ...

. He has 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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. He is also honorary president of the

. In the past, he has been a Member of the UK Main Honours Board (retired 2008); Chairman of the Honours Committee for Arts and Media (retired 2008); Trustee of the

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(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

Waddesdon Waddesdon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, west-north-west of Aylesbury on the A41 road. The village also includes the hamlets of Eythrope and Wormstone, Waddesdon was an agricultural settlement with milling, silk weaving and lace mak ...

and

Eythrope Eythrope (previously Ethorp) is a hamlet and country house in the parish of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the south east of the main village of Waddesdon. It was bought in the 1870s by a branch of the Rothschild fa ...

estates in

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, and began a close association with

Waddesdon Manor Waddesdon Manor is a English country house, country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. Owned by National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation ...

, the house and grounds which were built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the 1880s and bequeathed to the

National Trust The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...

in 1957 by his cousin, James A. de Rothschild. He has been a major benefactor of the restoration of Waddesdon Manor through a private family charitable trust and, in an unusual arrangement, has 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

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's "Large Visitor Attraction of the Year" category in 2017, Museum of the Year Award and Best National Trust Property. He commissioned the 2015 RIBA Award winner Flint House on the

estate in Buckinghamshire, UK. 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 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

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Honours and awards

In United Kingdom

*Member of the

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

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(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 1 ...

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

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

(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

American Academy of Achievement The American Academy of Achievement, colloquially known as the Academy of Achievement, is a non-profit educational organization that recognizes some of the highest achieving individuals in diverse fields and gives them the opportunity to meet ...

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 * National Flag Order – 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

References

External links

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