Nathan Mayer Rothschild

Nathan Mayer Rothschild ( since 1817: Rothschild, since 1822 Freiherr von Rothschild) ( born September 16, 1777 Frankfurt am Main, † July 28, 1836 ibid ), the fourth child and third son of the founder of the Rothschild dynasty, Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812) and Gutle Rothschild née Schnapper ( 1753-1849 ). Born in the ghetto of Frankfurt's Jewish quarter, he became the founder of the English branch of the family.

He was 1790-1800 as textile traders to Manchester. His marriage with Levi Barent Cohen's daughter Hannah in October 1806 made ​​him the son of an influential London merchant and increased its capital through a sizable dowry. In 1808 he bought a house in London and founded the bank NM Rothschild & Sons, which still exists today. Under Nathan's leadership, the Rothschilds were in less than 20 years the most important bankers in Europe.

The Napoleonic Wars, specifically the Iberian campaign of the Duke of Wellington gave Nathan the opportunity to offer the British government as a banker. By supplying Wellington with gold, it is shipped to Portugal ( to allow Wellington, his soldiers pay their wages ) as well as the gold smuggling during the continental blockade, its impact has been underestimated by the French, and therefore tolerated, he earned a fortune and became the most influential of finance for the British government. 1815 was Nathan Rothschild gold smuggling across the English Channel to finance the Duke of Wellington forces against Napoleon. Since most investors at that time feared a defeat of the British, Rothschild was able to buy cheap gilts and was named after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo became the richest man in the world. The poet Heinrich Heine sneered: " Money is the god of our times, and Rothschild is his prophet ."

Children

He and his wife Hannah Barent Cohen, he had seven children ( four sons and three daughters ).

  • Charlotte von Rothschild (1807-1859); married 1826 Anselm Salomon von Rothschild ( 1803-1874 ) in the Vienna branch of a.
  • Lionel Nathan Rothschild (1808-1879); 1836 with his marriage to Charlotte von Rothschild ( 1808-1879 ) died in Frankfurt am Main, his father Nathan Mayer. He was the brother of his father Carl Mayer von Rothschild. Nathan Mayer was transferred to England, and was buried in London. Lionel Nathan continued the business in England, and in 1858 the first Jewish member of the House of Commons. His grandson of the same name ( Nathan Mayer Rothschild 1840-1915 ) in 1885 for the first Baron Rothschild and the first Jewish member of the House of Lords.
  • Anthony de Rothschild (1810-1876); married 1840, the banker's daughter Louise Montefiore ( 1821-1876 ) and had the castle built by Aston Clinton.
  • Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812-1870); went to Paris in 1842 where he married Charlotte de Rothschild ( 1825-1899 ). He buys the winery Chateau Mouton. In 1855 he suffered a hunting accident and was paralyzed, blind later.
  • Hanna Mayer de Rothschild (1815-1864); married 1839 Henry Fritzroy ( 1807-1859 ) the son of Lord Southampton and stepped over to the Christian faith.
  • Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874); married 1850 Juliane Cohen ( 1831-1877 ), Had the dream castle Ment Mare Towers built.
  • Louise de Rothschild (1820-1894); married 1842 Mayer Carl von Rothschild ( 1820-1886 ) to Frankfurt am Main.
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