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Rothschild

European family active in the financial world for two centuries. Mayer Amschel (1744-1812) set up as a moneylender in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, and business houses were established throughout Europe by his ten children.

Nathan Meyer (1777-1836) settled in England, and his grandson Nathan Meyer (1840-1915) was created a baron in 1885. Lionel Walter (1868-1937) succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Rothschild and was an eminent naturalist. His daughter Miriam (1908- ) is an entomologist, renowned for her studies of fleas. Of the French branch, Baron Eric de Rothschild (1940- ) owns Château Lafite and Baron Philippe de Rothschild (1902- ) owns Château Mouton-Rothschild, both leading red Bordeaux-producing properties in Pauillac, southwestern France.



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What may seem a small sum to a Rothschild may seem a large sum to me, and it is not the fault of stakes or of winnings that everywhere men can be found winning, can be found depriving their fellows of something, just as they do at roulette.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Did you ever hear of Rothschild or Baring dropping a fourpenny-piece down a gutter-hole?
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
It was wonderful to hear him talk about millions, and agios, and discounts, and what Rothschild was doing, and Baring Brothers.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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