James A. de Rothschild · Gladio Archive

Lionel de Rothschild relationship_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

““The newspapers write so much about the ministers speculating with us,” reported Lionel in 1834…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild moved_to Boulogne documented document

“Only when matters began to improve in the summer was he able to retreat to his house at Boulogne…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild financed_via Piedmont documented document

“In 1849 James had managed to secure control of a substantial loan to Piedmont…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Piedmont documented document

“Alphonse was sent to Turin offering to take the remainder of Nigra’s 1850 rentes (some 40 million lire) at 92.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented document

““All now depends on England,” wrote James to Nathan in January 1831, during the search for a suitable Belgian king.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Piedmontese investment bank documented document

“That James was once again in favour at Turin was revealed when, to the dismay of the Pereires, he emerged as the main foreign shareholder in the new Piedmontese investment bank.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour documented document

“The new bank, he and Cavour agreed, should be “an Italian affair instead of a Piedmontese affair.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild proposed Italy documented document

“He says that he wants to make an Italian credit, ‘Because, do you see, you must have Italy.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Anselm de Rothschild documented document

“By August matters were sufficiently far advanced for James, Lionel and Anselm... to meet at Dunkirk…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848

James A. de Rothschild met_with Hübner documented document

“James, who visited the ambassador the next day with the English ambassador Cowley in a state of “great alarm.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Cowley documented document

“James, who visited the ambassador the next day with the English ambassador Cowley in a state of “great alarm.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild supported Périer documented document

“Nathan’s Tory friends were unconvinced by James’s arguments, least of all when he threw his weight behind Périer.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)

Nathan Mayer Rothschild relationship_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“As Nathan wrote to James shortly after the start of the Reform Bill debates,…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild funded France documented document

“Thus, while he urged Napoleon to preserve peace, James had no hesitation in subscribing to the French 500 million franc loan of 1858, which was widely regarded as a “war loan.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“But when Cavour himself came to Paris two weeks later... “So, M. le baron,” he was heard to ask James…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild married Betty de Rothschild documented document

“When James married Betty, she acquired no right to his property, but her dowry of 1.5 million francs (£60,000) remained part of her own distinct property…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIX Amschel’s Garden

James A. de Rothschild met_with Gustav von Bleichröder documented document

“James himself famously reiterated his family’s traditional aversion to war when he told Bleichröder in 1862 “that it is the principle of our house not to lend money for war...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild funded Knesset documented document

“James A. de Rothschild financed the Knesset building as a gift to the State of Israel and the Supreme Court of Israel building was donated to Israel by Dorothy de Rothschild.…”

source: url — Rothschild family · p.1

James A. de Rothschild family_of Rothschild family documented document

“on James de Rothschild (1835–1864)…”

source: url — Rothschild family · p.1

James A. de Rothschild founded Réunion Financière documented document

“It was while this institutional battle was being fought (in 1856) that James launched the Réunion Financière...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

King Leopold I of Belgium proposed James A. de Rothschild documented document

“In Belgium the Rothschilds’ old friend King Leopold positively encouraged James to establish a Credit Mobilier-style bank...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild founded Crédito Mobiliaro Español documented document

“In Spain, they succeeded in establishing the Crédito Mobiliaro Español following the legalisation of joint-stock banking in December 1855.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Chaim Weizmann documented document

“...James de Rothschild, requested a meeting with Weizmann on 25 November 1914...…”

source: url — Balfour Declaration · p.1

James A. de Rothschild founded Sociedad Española Mercantil e Industrial documented document

“the Rothschilds responded by setting up the Sociedad Española Mercantil e Industrial.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Duc de Morny documented document

“James secured the Madrid-Almansa concession from the marqués de Salamanca in 1855 and two years later created the Madrid, Zaragoza and Alicante Railway Company…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Marqués de Salamanca documented document

“James secured the Madrid-Almansa concession from the marqués de Salamanca in 1855…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild founded Madrid, Zaragoza and Alicante Railway Company documented document

“James secured the Madrid-Almansa concession from the marqués de Salamanca in 1855 and two years later created the Madrid, Zaragoza and Alicante Railway Company…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

Duc de Morny did_business_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Morny simultaneously snapped up the concessions to link Madrid to Portugal via Ciudad Real and Badajoz, as well as the routes to Málaga and Granada via Córdoba.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Isaac Pereire documented document

“James was now collaborating with Morny and even Mires (who secured the Pamplona-Zaragoza line)…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Cassa del Commercio e delle Industrie documented document

“James was more subtle, and it was he who gained the main foreign shareholding (33 per cent) in the new Cassa del Commercio e delle Industrie in Turin…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Gustave Delahante documented document

“Though he managed only the latter (in partnership with the French financier Gustave Delahante)…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Count Orlov documented document

“...as he admitted to Count Orlov, the new President of the Russian Council of State...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Talabot documented document

“He did it nonetheless: a month later, for 100 million gulden, he and Talabot bought the Südbahn from the Austrian government...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild acquired Südbahn documented document

“He did it nonetheless: a month later, for 100 million gulden, he and Talabot bought the Südbahn from the Austrian government...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild merged_with South Austrian Lombardo Venetian and Central Italian railway company documented document

“...then merged it with the Lombard and the Franz Joseph lines to form a single railway giant: the South Austrian Lombardo Venetian and Central Italian railway company.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild proposed Alphonse de Rothschild documented document

“...when he casually suggested that Alphonse or Gustave might spend “a few years” setting up “an establishment in Petersburg,”...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild proposed Gustave de Rothschild documented document

“...when he casually suggested that Alphonse or Gustave might spend “a few years” setting up “an establishment in Petersburg,”...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Empress Eugénie documented document

“James, who was also present, left the room and returned almost at once... to inform the assembled company that Italian terrorists had made an attempt on the lives of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Louis Philippe I documented document

“James saw Louis Philippe, heard his views, wrote them down in his letter to Salomon, who went to see Metternich, and passed them on.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. PREFACE

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with France documented document

“For example, Salomon, James and Amschel were able to play leading roles in railway finance in Austria, France and Germany, which their brother had conspicuously omitted to do in England.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. PREFACE

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with West Germany documented document

“For example, Salomon, James and Amschel were able to play leading roles in railway finance in Austria, France and Germany, which their brother had conspicuously omitted to do in England.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. PREFACE

James A. de Rothschild family_of Rothschild family documented document

“By the 1840s, Lionel’s brothers Anthony and Nat were spending a substantial proportion of their time supervising their uncle James’s French railway interests.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. PREFACE

James A. de Rothschild headed Nord railway documented document

“By the 1840s, Lionel’s brothers Anthony and Nat were spending a substantial proportion of their time supervising their uncle James’s French railway interests.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. PREFACE

James A. de Rothschild headed Lombard railway documented document

“By the 1840s, Lionel’s brothers Anthony and Nat were spending a substantial proportion of their time supervising their uncle James’s French railway interests.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. PREFACE

James A. de Rothschild family_of Mayer Amschel Rothschild documented document

“It is only the reputation, the happiness and the unity of the family which lies close to my heart,” he wrote, echoing the familiar admonitions of Mayer Amschel…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Frankfurt documented document

“I also believe, dear Lionel, that we two, who are the only ones with influence in Frankfurt, must really aim to restore peace between all [the partners]…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Lionel de Rothschild documented document

“Disagreements about the accounts, he warned Lionel in April 1847, were leading “to a state of affairs that in the end everyone deals for himself and this then creates a great deal of unpleasantness.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Charlotte de Rothschild documented document

““I assure you,” he told Lionel’s wife Charlotte (whom he had identified as an ally), “the family is everything: it is the only source of the happiness which with God’s help we possess, it is our attachment [to one another], it is our unity.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild proposed Rothschild family banking partnership documented document

“As early as 1850, James had outlined the terms of this compromise: in Nat’s words, he proposed “that the rate of interest on the capital for us should be raised,” provided always that the London house was more profitable than the others.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild member_of Rothschild family banking partnership documented document

“The British partners received a variety of sweeteners: not only were they permitted to withdraw £260,250 from their share of the firm’s capital, but the interest on their share (now 20 per cent of the total) was increased to 3.5 per cent, c…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Alphonse de Rothschild documented document

“His brother, Alphonse, combines the extraordinary energy and vitality of our uncle [James]...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Gustave de Rothschild documented document

“His brother, Alphonse, combines the extraordinary energy and vitality of our uncle [James]...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild member_of Rothschild family documented document

“There were limits to what the Rothschilds were prepared to inflict on their daughters...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Hannah Mayer Rothschild documented document

“Yet James remained as firmly convinced of the functional importance of the family’s Jewish identity as he had been in the days of Hannah Mayer’s apostasy.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild married Betty de Rothschild documented document

“His wife Betty was as secular-minded as her husband, but she too had a strong sense that observance was a social if not a spiritual imperative.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild founded Maison centrale de secours pour israélites indigents de Paris documented document

“In 1850 James informed the Consistory of Paris of his intention to create a Jewish hospital at 76 rue Picpus to replace the inadequate “Maison centrale de secours pour israélites indigents de Paris” founded in 1841.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild funded rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth documented document

“At around the same time, he also made a substantial contribution to the new Romano-Byzantine synagogue built by Thierry for the Consistory in the rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild funded rue des Rosiers documented document

“There were also substantial donations to establish two orphanages in the rue des Rosiers and the rue de Lamblardie...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild funded rue de Lamblardie documented document

“There were also substantial donations to establish two orphanages in the rue des Rosiers and the rue de Lamblardie (the latter named after Salomon and Caroline).…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with François Guizot documented document

“In 1842 James went to see Guizot “concerning the Polish Jews,”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Lionel de Rothschild documented document

“the pressure from family members—including James—for him to do something to raise the family’s political profile in England was considerable.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Lionel de Rothschild documented document

“He sought to encourage his nephews to do the same in England in 1838, telling Lionel that he had had a long conversation with the King of Belgium...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Baron Stockmar documented document

“In 1842, for example, James invested 100,000 francs in Nord shares for Albert’s adviser Baron Stockmar.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Château de Ferrières documented document

“The Strasbourg-Ligny line, opened in May 1849, did the same for James and his sons at Ferrieres.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

Joseph Paxton worked_for James A. de Rothschild documented document

“To the chagrin of the French architectural profession... he called in Paxton and Myers.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

Antoine-Julien Hénard worked_for James A. de Rothschild documented document

“James felt no compunction about rejecting Paxton’s first design after seeking a second opinion from the French architect Antoine-Julien Hénard…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

Eugène Lami worked_for James A. de Rothschild documented document

“it had an exotic, theatrical quality due largely to the interiors by the stage-designer Eugène Lami…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with General Changarnier documented document

“At the same time, James increased his political exposure by remaining in contact with Changarnier even after the latter’s dismissal from his army and National Guard commands.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild moved_to London documented document

“As early as October 1850, he began to remit gold to the London house...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

Pereire met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Pereire brought a reassuring account of the situation to an impromptu gathering of bankers at the rue Laffitte.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Paris documented document

“It was at least the fifth change of regime since James had settled in Paris…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Napoleon III documented document

“As early as October 1852, James could breezily report that he was “on the best footing with the Emperor and everyone”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild worked_for Austrian Empire documented document

“Firstly, he remained Austrian consul-general…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Franz Joseph I documented document

“In August 1852 he had been able to relay an anodyne message to Napoleon from the new Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Eugénie de Montijo documented document

“Eugénie arrived at a ball at the Tuileries on the arm of none other than James…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

Alphonse de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“One of his sons—presumably Alphonse—escorted her mother…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Castellane documented document

“When Castellane met Anthony for the first time in 1850 he was rather shocked by the latter’s complaint that “in London you can make [money] on everything, on cotton as well as rentes, as much as you like, but here [in Paris] you can hardly …”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Feydeau documented document

“As we have seen, doing business with a man like James was a thankless task for small fry like Feydeau.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Credit Mobilier documented document

“James evidently relished this contrast, and on one occasion, with that sardonic humour which was to become his trademark under the Second Empire, commissioned Feydeau to undertake a speculation on his behalf—in the form of a purchase of a t…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild worked_for Rothschild-controlled Nord documented document

“It is worth noting that of all the big six French lines the Rothschild-controlled Nord was the most intensively utilised and most profitable…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Duc de Morny documented document

“James was in touch with Morny in early 1852, and liked what he heard.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Paris-Lyon company documented document

“An important step towards divorce was taken when James decided to participate in the Paris-Lyon line syndicate, taking around 12 per cent of its stock…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Compagnie de la Méditerranée documented document

“James’s decision to take 2,000 shares in this ambitious but financially stretched entity left the Pereires out in the cold.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild member_of House of Rothschilds documented document

“This explains the somewhat unexpected hostility of James to an innovation he might have been expected to embrace... the Rothschilds had managed so ingeniously before...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild recruited Alphonse de Rothschild documented document

“It had partly been with the idea of replacing Belmont with a full Rothschild partner that James had sent Alphonse there in October that year.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Betty de Rothschild documented document

““I would incline to the view,” her husband reluctantly concluded in 1858…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild appointed A. H. Belmont documented document

““I would incline to the view,” her husband reluctantly concluded in 1858, that we should leave the management of American business entirely in Belmont’s hands…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha documented document

“On March 4, 1854, he told Prince Albert’s brother Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, “that for a war with Russia any sum was at command; he would furnish at once ‘as many millions as were desired’.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild appointed Horaz Landau documented document

“In Horaz Landau, who had been sent as the Rothschild agent to Constantinople shortly before the Crimean War, he chose an able negotiator…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

Karl von Krauss met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“In November 1851 the Austrian Finance Minister Krauss wrote a letter to James “in which he lamented a good deal and demanded his counsel, requesting him to shed some light on the situation.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

János Apponyi met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“On being shown this letter, Apponyi urged James “not just to shed some light, but to take a torch, as only you can, and try to rid us of all our monetary wastepaper.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild moved_to West Berlin documented document

“As early as 1851, James went in person to Berlin for talks with the Prussian Finance Minister Bodelschwingh about a new issue of 4 per cent bonds.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Bodelschwingh documented document

“As early as 1851, James went in person to Berlin for talks with the Prussian Finance Minister Bodelschwingh about a new issue of 4 per cent bonds.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)

James A. de Rothschild funded Austria documented document

“At the same time, the London house took the lead in organising a £6 million loan to Austria in January 1859, designed to consolidate the fiscal and monetary stabilisation achieved by Bruck since his appointment as Finance Minister in 1855.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild funded Piedmont documented document

“In the summer of 1858, after protracted negotiations, James had helped to organise a 45.4 million lire (nominal) Piedmontese loan for Cavour (sharing the bonds between the Paris house and the Turin National Bank) after the government had re…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Turin National Bank documented document

“In the summer of 1858, after protracted negotiations, James had helped to organise a 45.4 million lire (nominal) Piedmontese loan for Cavour (sharing the bonds between the Paris house and the Turin National Bank) after the government had re…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Francis II of the Two Sicilies documented document

“it soon became obvious that neither James nor Anselm was prepared to grant the exiled monarch the loans (of 1.5 and 2 million francs respectively) which he requested…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Charlotte de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“these comments also reveal how far the woman who had enthusiastically hailed the revolutions of 1848 had come to share her uncle James’s attitudes in the intervening years…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild headed Imperial Lombardo Venetian and Central Italian railway line documented document

“in practice, the same shareholders still met in Paris to discuss the affairs of the whole north Italian network under James’s chairmanship…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild worked_for Paris Rothschild house documented document

“As early as August 1859, the Austrian government was surprised to see the Paris house issuing bonds for Tuscany... James’s initial reaction was to offer his services...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild proposed Austria documented document

“In March the following year, James intimated through Anselm that he would be glad to help the Austrian Treasury too as it struggled to finance its deficit.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild financed_via Italy documented document

“In August he sent a similar signal to Turin, where a new loan of 150 million lire was issued in August 1860. Although he took some 17.5 million lire of the new 4.5 per cent rentes...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Italy documented document

“Only in order to prevent a further slide did James and Lionel agree to an advance of 17-18 million lire in gold.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild met_with George Landau documented document

“As James put it to Landau in December: “All these questions are connected.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild met_with d'Eichthal documented document

““It is effectively beyond doubt,” he enthused in a letter to the banker d‘Eichthal, “that the Brenner line... will be the premier route through the Alps...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Spain documented document

“All this helps to explain the relatively cautious attitude of James and his nephews when approached by successive Spanish governments for loans in the 1860s.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild funded Spain documented document

“A small advance was agreed in 1861-2; but a larger operation foundered in 1864...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Richard Metternich documented document

““The most revolutionary developments of French internal policy,” he told the new Austrian ambassador, Richard Metternich in October 1859...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Jules Mirès linked_to James A. de Rothschild documented document

“In 1861 Jules Mirès was arrested for fraud, a downfall James relished: “Rothschild is triumphant,” observed Mérimée...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Achille Fould reported document

“Alphonse should “go to Fould and quite openly and freely chat with him a bit”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Napoleon III met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“The famous visit of the Emperor to hunt at Ferrières on December 16, 1862... he was met by James’s four sons at 10.15 a.m.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Nice documented document

“Although James, who was wintering in Nice, had some minor reservations about the transaction…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Princess Mathilde documented document

“In January 1863, for example, he was spotted by the Goncourts at a soiree given by the Emperor’s cousin Princess Mathilde.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Achille Fould met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“The following year, Fould specifically asked James to discuss the monetary situation with the Emperor...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Charlotte de Rothschild met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“When Charlotte called to see her uncle in the rue Laffitte in 1864, she “found him at luncheon...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Boulogne documented document

“She was equally impressed by his “excessively exhausting” lifestyle, “perpetually oscillating between Paris and Ferrières,” not to mention Boulogne, Nice, Wildbad and Homburg.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Wildbad documented document

“She was equally impressed by his “excessively exhausting” lifestyle, “perpetually oscillating between Paris and Ferrières,” not to mention Boulogne, Nice, Wildbad and Homburg.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Homburg documented document

“She was equally impressed by his “excessively exhausting” lifestyle, “perpetually oscillating between Paris and Ferrières,” not to mention Boulogne, Nice, Wildbad and Homburg.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild headed Rothschild family documented document

“He remained the dominant force in the Paris house until the last year of his life...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Anthony de Rothschild met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“In August 1867 Anthony gave a pained account of a visit by James to London: This morning I needed to go to the Ex[change]—at 9.00 comes the Baron[,] I must go with him...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild had_affair_with Comtesse Walewska documented document

“Nevertheless, James still found time to build up an unrivalled collection of wild-fowl at Ferrières and to conduct a protracted flirtation with the comtesse Walewska, the minister’s wife.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Napoleon III reported document

“The question remains: how far did Rothschild power actually undermine the Bonapartist regime, as some contemporaries believed it did?…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Natty de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“His French relatives, Natty felt, were “more ridiculously Orleanist than ever, finding fault with every thing and every body connected with the emperor,”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Betty de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“a view echoed by Benjamin Davidson after an encounter with Betty.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Jules Fould documented document

“More important than lingering Orléanist sentiment, James and his sons saw a fundamental contradiction between the supposed new era of sound finance under Fould and the Emperor’s foreign policy…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

Salomon de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“James’s third son Salomon…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in United States documented document

“James was involved in financing Northern imports from Europe... urging his sceptical nephew Nat that Northern bonds represented a good investment.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Nat de Rothschild documented document

“urging his sceptical nephew Nat…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Barings documented document

“it merely explains his uncharacteristic eagerness to act in tandem with Barings, thus spreading the risk…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Alphonse de Rothschild documented document

“the pains he and Alphonse took to secure the agreement of the London bondholders to their terms.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. THREE Nationalism and the Multinational (1859-1863)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Otto von Bismarck documented document

“He was a “madcap,” declared James in March 1866.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Antoine Drouyn de Lhuys documented document

“His only real flicker of doubt came on June 17, when a second Anglo-French note to Russia and an interview with Drouyn persuaded him to sell £25,000 of Russian bonds.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Prince Albert of Prussia documented document

“By the end of July, after long discussions with Prince Altenburg at Wildbad, the “old bourse man” (as James called himself) was sure peace would be preserved.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Leo de Rothschild documented document

““Nothing in Poland,” he told his son Leo.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

Nathaniel de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“This seems to have confirmed Nat’s habitual pessimism about Russian finances, and for the rest of the 1860s he opposed involvement in any other Russian bond issues.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Tsar Alexander II documented document

“As early as February 1867, he began to contemplate the possibility... of involving himself directly in Russian railways, a subject he discussed at some length when the Tsar and his Prime Minister Gorchakov visited Paris in 1867.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Alexander Gorchakov documented document

“As early as February 1867, he began to contemplate the possibility... of involving himself directly in Russian railways, a subject he discussed at some length when the Tsar and his Prime Minister Gorchakov visited Paris in 1867.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild proposed Prussia documented document

“To the Rothschilds, the answer seemed to be obvious: both should privatise state assets—preferably railways—using the receipts to buy Holstein and Venetia respectively.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Gerson von Bleichröder documented document

“The trouble was that the Rothschilds wanted Bleichröder to stop Erlanger without being willing to lend to Berlin themselves.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Austria documented document

“James bought £300,000 of Anglo-Austrian bonds at the relatively generous price of 78.9 in mid-August.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Baron Becke documented document

“On September 9 he actually told the Finance Ministry official Baron Becke, sent to negotiate with him in Paris...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild proposed Barings documented document

“James hastily proposed a compromise: a year’s advance of 1 or 2 million pounds, to be made by the London and Paris houses in partnership with Barings...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Société Générale de Belgique documented document

“This uncharacteristic willingness to work in tandem with Barings—as well as with the Société Générale and the Credit Foncier, who were also approached—shows that James did not underestimate the risks involved in lending to Vienna.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Credit Foncier documented document

“This uncharacteristic willingness to work in tandem with Barings—as well as with the Société Générale and the Credit Foncier, who were also approached—shows that James did not underestimate the risks involved in lending to Vienna.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Lombard line documented document

“Initially, James toyed with the earlier Langrand-Dumonceau idea of a loan secured on crown lands. But the financial difficulties of the Lombard line—which had just necessitated a cash injection of 63 million francs from the Paris house and …”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild worked_for Rothschild family documented document

“James and Alphonse were undoubtedly becoming suspicious of Prussian intentions.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Leopold von Bleichröder documented document

“This worried Bleichröder so much that, at the suggestion of a friend, he rushed to see James at Ostend “to tell me,” as James put it drily, “how well everything was going.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Otto von Bismarck documented document

“Even before the two met in Baden-Baden on September 2, James had already concluded that the decision to increase the Seehandlung’s discount rate was “a political move, designed to prevent Austria from getting a loan and to force her to sell…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Baron Becke documented document

“On October 6 James reported to his nephews that he had put off further discussions with Becke “as it is not possible at the present moment to think of a major transaction.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

Otto von Bismarck met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Once again, it soon emerged, Bismarck was telling James that to lend to Austria would undermine the chances of a peaceful sale of contested territory…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Gustav von Mensdorff-Pouilly documented document

“Towards the close of our conversation James Rothschild said to me suddenly: “Why do you not accept the offer that is said to have been made to you? Let them buy Holstein.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

Anselm von Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Evelina reported that when her father-in-law Anselm went to the theatre “to see a new piece... the whole audience turned round to look at Uncle A.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Austria documented document

“Yet Bismarck had not achieved his object; for on October 18 James and his London nephews resolved to go ahead.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

Goltz met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“James’s mood was not improved when the Prussian ambassador Goltz candidly—and surely without his government’s authorisation —warned him that war with Austria was likely…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Lehmann documented document

“All this helps explain why James was so hostile to the proposition—rejected on March 14 after an approach from Bleichröder’s associate Lehmann and a two hour interview with Goltz…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Goltz documented document

“All this helps explain why James was so hostile to the proposition—rejected on March 14 after an approach from Bleichröder’s associate Lehmann and a two hour interview with Goltz…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Mendelssohn Bleichröder documented document

“Baron Rothschild informed our agent [Bleichröder] that a few weeks ago he would not have been averse from carrying through a transaction with Prussia…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild refused Mendelssohn Bleichröder documented document

“I refused Bleichröder’s associate, on the grounds that we cannot give money to make war.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Italy documented document

“When the Italian government approached James for short-term advances totalling 35 million lire in September 1865, he was therefore not averse to obliging…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

Constantino Nigra met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Nigra, the Italian ambassador, alarmed James by telling him that Italy would join Prussia in the event of a war with Austria.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Goltz documented document

“James once again intimated his opposition to Goltz.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Théophile de Rouher documented document

“Throughout the negotiations, James played an active role in promoting French “goodwill towards Austria,” regularly seeing Rouher…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Henry Cowley documented document

“Throughout the negotiations, James played an active role in promoting French “goodwill towards Austria,” regularly seeing... the British ambassador Cowley…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

Bettina Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Even his eight-year-old granddaughter Bettina was “very angry with Mr Bismarck for having taken Venice [sic].”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Alphonse de Rothschild documented document

“His son Alphonse could also see the strictly economic benefits of war, even as he deplored its political implications.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Prussia documented document

“James continued to ignore all Bleichröder’s arguments in favour of lending to the victor, Prussia: in August he “turned down flat” a request from the Prussian ambassador for 20 million francs.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Saxony documented document

“James wanted to convert the money into francs when it arrived in Paris—in return for a commission.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Gustav von Bleichröder documented document

“Not that James was outwitted: when Prussia fixed the Saxon indemnity at 10 million thalers, he urged Bleichröder to secure a share of the loan required by the Dresden government to pay the money.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Gustav von Bleichröder documented document

“James finally followed Bleichröder’s advice and made an offer to issue a Prussian loan.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOUR Blood and Silver (1863-1867)

Ferdinand de Rothschild relationship_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

““Uncle James has been very ailing,” reported Ferdinand…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Edmond James de Rothschild documented document

“Yet as late as October 31, although bed-ridden, he still had the energy to dictate a letter to his son Edmond on the subject of a loan to Spain.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented document

“Like his brother Nathan, whom he so closely resembled as a businessman, James died a bear.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Wilhelm Carl de Rothschild documented document

“The contingents from Frankfurt (Wilhelm Carl and his sister-in-law Louise)... could not fail to be impressed by the crowds who turned out on the day of their uncle’s interment.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Anthony de Rothschild documented document

“The contingents from... London (Anthony, Leo, Natty and Alfred) could not fail to be impressed by the crowds who turned out on the day of their uncle’s interment.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Nathaniel de Rothschild documented document

“The contingents from... London (Anthony, Leo, Natty and Alfred) could not fail to be impressed by the crowds who turned out on the day of their uncle’s interment.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Alfred de Rothschild documented document

“The contingents from... London (Anthony, Leo, Natty and Alfred) could not fail to be impressed by the crowds who turned out on the day of their uncle’s interment.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild succeeded Nathan Mayer de Rothschild documented document

“Having inherited the mantle of his brother Nathan in 1836...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild founded Rothschild & Co (Paris) documented document

“In 1815 the capital of the Paris house he founded had been £55,000...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild born_in Frankfurt documented document

“He was the last of the generation which had been born in the Frankfurt Judengasse.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild died_in Paris documented document

“James’s funeral on November 18 was indeed an event in French public life... All Paris came to pay their respects…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild buried_in Père Lachaise Cemetery documented document

“from the Rue Laffitte to Pere la Chaise [the cemetery] the wheels are lined 5 deep on both sides…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

Franz Joseph I met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“among the telegrams of sympathy sent by heads of state from the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph... there was also one from the exiled Orléans royal family…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

Ulysses S. Grant met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“among the telegrams of sympathy sent by heads of state from... the American President Ulysses S. Grant…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

Gerson Bleichröder met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“men like Gerson Bleichröder and Siegmund Warburg, who journeyed to Paris to pay their last respects to the chief of the “power of powers.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

Siegmund Warburg met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“men like Gerson Bleichröder and Siegmund Warburg, who journeyed to Paris to pay their last respects to the chief of the “power of powers.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

Klemens von Metternich met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“There were diplomats (including the Austrian ambassador Metternich)... to pay their last respects…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Château de Ferrières documented document

“These figures—which do not even include his extensive rural and urban real estate in the rue Laffitte, Ferrières, Boulogne and château Lafite—are so enormous as to be scarcely credible.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Château Lafite Rothschild documented document

“These figures—which do not even include his extensive rural and urban real estate in the rue Laffitte, Ferrières, Boulogne and château Lafite—are so enormous as to be scarcely credible.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

Lionel de Rothschild succeeded James A. de Rothschild reported document

“In 1870 the British magazine The Period used a now familiar image when it portrayed Lionel as the new Rothschild “king” upon his throne of cash and bonds…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Napoleon III documented document

“Four months later, James heard of the Emperor’s plans to increase the army.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys documented document

“James and Alphonse saw the Emperor and Rouher repeatedly during April…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild funded Spain documented document

“Indeed, it was only after the revolution that it proved possible to reach an agreement on a loan to Madrid along the lines envisaged by James since 1866…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Rattazzi government documented document

“Renewed negotiations with the Credit Foncier and the Rattazzi government about a more straightforward advance of 100-120 million lire in July 1867 were blown off course...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Émile Ollivier documented document

“In February and March 1868 Alphonse and James were in close consultation with Napoleon and Rouher...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild founded South Austrian Lombardo Venetian and Central Italian railway company documented document

“Another sign of the declining influence of French capital in Italy was the gradual disintegration of what had been one of James’s proudest creations: the South Austrian Lombardo Venetian and Central Railway Company.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Vienna documented document

“Indeed, he made a personal visit to Vienna in the summer of 1867 to try to negotiate a new issue of “Anglo-Austrians”—sterling bonds of the sort which had been issued in 1859.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild worked_for France documented document

“In Paris James urged the French government to protest formally to the regime in Bucharest.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Georg von Reutern documented document

“but when James met the Financial Minister Reutern in August 1868, he drew a blank.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

James A. de Rothschild proposed Georg von Reutern documented document

“In the course of a long discussion, James proposed to undertake “a large financial operation,” meaning a large issue of government bonds to finance new railways.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FIVE Bonds and Iron (1867-1870)

Alphonse de Rothschild relationship_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Thiers, after all, had been no friend of Alphonse’s father in the days of Louis Philippe; and the old man evidently made Rothschild fils feel uneasy, perhaps on account of this.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SIX Reich, Republic, Rentes (1870-1873)

Gustave de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Of James’s sons, Alphonse remained a formidable force in French finance until his death in 1905, assisted by his younger brother Gustave, but Salomon James had died at the age of twenty-nine and Edmond played only a minor role in the busine…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”

Salomon James de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Of James’s sons, Alphonse remained a formidable force in French finance until his death in 1905, assisted by his younger brother Gustave, but Salomon James had died at the age of twenty-nine and Edmond played only a minor role in the busine…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”

Edmond James de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Of James’s sons, Alphonse remained a formidable force in French finance until his death in 1905, assisted by his younger brother Gustave, but Salomon James had died at the age of twenty-nine and Edmond played only a minor role in the busine…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”

James A. de Rothschild buried_in Willesden cemetery documented document

“The contrast could scarcely have been more marked with the funerals of James and of Lionel, whose interment at the recently established Willesden cemetery was attended by a throng of relations...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”

James A. de Rothschild member_of Rothschild family documented document

““We must stick together,” James declared in 1865, “but in order to do that each must go hand in hand with the other to be sure that there is no difference between the different parts of the business and that one house encourages the other a…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Adolph de Rothschild documented document

“However, his efforts to carry on business in Italy in a semi-detached role were evidently stymied by James, who now denounced him as “riff-raff” and a “great lump”; he wanted to tell him “to go to the devil,” he told his sons, “without doin…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”

Edward VII met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“In the summer of 1867. James entertained him at Boulogne.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”

James A. de Rothschild inspired Honoré de Balzac documented document

“Gundermann lacks the redeeming humanity of Balzac’s Nucingen, the other great literary creation James inspired.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. EIGHT Jewish Questions

Hugh McCulloch did_business_with James A. de Rothschild alleged document

“Gordon Clark’s book Shylock: as Banker, Bondholder, Corruptionist, Conspirator alleged that a deal had been struck between Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln and Johnson, and James de Rothschild...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. EIGHT Jewish Questions

James A. de Rothschild founded Hospital of Berck-sur-Mer documented document

“In 1870, for example, James Edouard established the hospital of Berck-sur-Mer, which specialised in bone disorders, while Edmond modernised the old Jewish hospital in the rue Picpus; in addition, he and Gustave each founded a new Jewish sch…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. EIGHT Jewish Questions

Ferdinand de Lesseps met_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“We know, for example, that Lesseps approached James seeking support for his canal project as early as June 1854—five months before he secured the necessary concession from the Khedive— but was rebuffed.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Nathaniel de Rothschild documented document

“Though the ageing James was tempted, this was one of the rare occasions when his nephew Nat’s risk-aversion prevailed—and with good reason.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. NINE “On the Side of Imperialism” (1874-1885)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour documented document

“thanks to James de Rothschild’s shrewd backing of Cavour and Piedmont…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWELVE Finances and Alliances (1885-1906)

James A. de Rothschild worked_for Ministry of Supply documented document

“Jimmy became Under-Secretary to the Ministry of Supply in March 1945…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)

James A. de Rothschild founded Banque Rothschild documented document

“The bank founded by James de Rothschild thus became the state-owned Compagnie Européenne de Banque.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. EPILOGUE The first important strength of the family is unity.

James A. de Rothschild invested_in France documented document

“Indeed, by the 1860s James de Rothschild had built up something like a pan-European railway network extending northwards from France to Belgium, southwards to Spain and eastwards to Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Spain documented document

“Indeed, by the 1860s James de Rothschild had built up something like a pan-European railway network extending northwards from France to Belgium, southwards to Spain and eastwards to Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

James A. de Rothschild invested_in West Germany documented document

“Indeed, by the 1860s James de Rothschild had built up something like a pan-European railway network extending northwards from France to Belgium, southwards to Spain and eastwards to Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

James A. de Rothschild invested_in Austria documented document

“Indeed, by the 1860s James de Rothschild had built up something like a pan-European railway network extending northwards from France to Belgium, southwards to Spain and eastwards to Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

James A. de Rothschild family_of Rothschild family documented document

“James and his nephews had a passion for collecting art, ornaments and furniture which they passed on to many of their descendants.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

Friedrich List worked_for James A. de Rothschild documented document

“The most that could safely be indulged in were mild digs of the sort published in 1826 by the German economist and journalist Friedrich List, whose brief report of a theft from the Paris house gratuitously described James de Rothschild as “…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Rothschild family documented document

“from the French throne but James de Rothschild survived unscathed, seemed to confirm this notion of a new financial royalty.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Paris documented document

“In particular, James’s securing of the rail concession to link Paris and Belgium incensed more radical critics of the July Monarchy.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Belgium documented document

“In particular, James’s securing of the rail concession to link Paris and Belgium incensed more radical critics of the July Monarchy.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

James A. de Rothschild member_of Rothschild family documented document

“I am conscious that I have probably misinterpreted some of the more obscure allusions to the high politics of nineteenth-century France in the letters of James and his nephews…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Nathaniel de Rothschild documented document

“decided against buying a Murillo through his nephew.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with Melanie Zichy-Ferraris documented document

“James brought me a pretty mother-of-pearl and bronze box from Paris, filled with sweets, which was all to the good.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FIVE “Hue and Cry” (1826-1829)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Charlotte de Rothschild documented document

“The night before the birth of his first child, Charlotte, he had eighteen to dinner…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons

Antonin Carême worked_for James A. de Rothschild documented document

“the food was prepared by the famous chef Antonin Carême…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons

Heinrich Heine met_with James A. de Rothschild reported document

“The explanation which follows purports to be based on a genuine conversation Heine had with James—while “sauntering arm in arm through the streets of Paris”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Suresnes documented document

“Small wonder he took the precaution of burying his bonds in the grounds of Salomon’s house at Suresnes.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild did_business_with France documented document

“James was also quick to broadcast his support for the new regime, ostentatiously donating 15,000 francs for the care of those wounded in the street-fighting.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Louis Philippe I documented document

“James; as we have seen, he had already made the new King a “good friend” in the 1820s.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Laffitte documented document

“James’s relations with some of the key figures in the new government—notably the two bankers Laffitte and Périer—were also relatively good…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Périer documented document

“James’s relations with some of the key figures in the new government—notably the two bankers Laffitte and Périer—were also relatively good…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

Sebastiani relationship_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Sebastiani, the Foreign Minister from late 1830, was “on the most friendly terms” with James, who called on him “every morning”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

de Broglie relationship_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“relations with his successor de Broglie were also close.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild paid Louis Philippe I documented document

“we know that James gave Louis Philippe a personal loan of over 2 million francs in April 1840…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

Stendhal relationship_with James A. de Rothschild reported document

“Although Stendhal’s witty and well-connected “Monsieur Leuwen” can hardly have been modelled on James, as has sometimes been claimed... his political influence as portrayed by Stendhal closely corresponds to that wielded by James…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

Friedrich Werther relationship_with James A. de Rothschild documented document

“More pessimistic observers like the Prussian ambassador Werther warned James that Louis Philippe would “go the same way as Louis XVI.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in Paris documented document

“Every time crowds took to the streets of Paris... the fear recurred that the monarchy would be swept aside…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild lived_in London documented document

“Talleyrand, who was the linchpin of Louis Philippe’s diplomacy in London, was persuaded to bank with Nathan.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Mme de Rothschild documented document

“Mme de Rothschild was dying of fear, imagining the pillage of her house; despite that, we kept on dancing.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Lionel de Rothschild documented document

“He and Lionel were “consoled” to hear that the most likely successor would be another banker, Périer...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild family_of Salomon de Rothschild documented document

“As Salomon fretted, it was “unpleasant to admit” that stability depended “entirely upon a single individual.”…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild met_with Louis Philippe I documented document

“In February 1831, for example, an anxious James sought reassurance from Louis Philippe that the crumbling Laffitte ministry would not be replaced by a more liberally inclined administration.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

James A. de Rothschild relationship_with Nathan de Rothschild documented document

“Given that on the eve of the crisis James and Nathan had held a total of 6 million francs “nominal” of the two kinds of security...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

Banque de France financed_via James A. de Rothschild documented document

“This was despite the closing of the bourse during the July days and the injection of 50 million francs by the Banque de France in August.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

Lionel de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Five months later Lionel confessed to his father...…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

Anselm de Rothschild family_of James A. de Rothschild documented document

“Writing from Berlin, Anselm urged a final liquidation before rentes sank any further.…”

source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)

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