Lionel Walter Rothschild person
· born in London · died in Hertfordshire
also: 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, Rothschild, Walter Rothschild
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Lionel Walter Rothschild family_of
Rothschild family documented
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“Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937), was a British banker, politician, zoologist, and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild born_in
London documented
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“Walter Rothschild was born in London as the eldest son and heir of Emma Louise von Rothschild and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, an immensely wealthy financier of the international Rothschild financial dynasty and the first Jewish…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild family_of
Emma Louise von Rothschild documented
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“Walter Rothschild was born in London as the eldest son and heir of Emma Louise von Rothschild and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, an immensely wealthy financier of the international Rothschild financial dynasty and the first Jewish…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild family_of
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild documented
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“Walter Rothschild was born in London as the eldest son and heir of Emma Louise von Rothschild and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, an immensely wealthy financier of the international Rothschild financial dynasty and the first Jewish…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild studied_at
University of Bonn documented
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“As a young man, he travelled in Europe, attending the University of Bonn for a year before entering Magdalene College, Cambridge.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild studied_at
Magdalene College, Cambridge documented
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“As a young man, he travelled in Europe, attending the University of Bonn for a year before entering Magdalene College, Cambridge.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild lived_in
Tring Park documented
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“Among his pets at the family home in Tring Park were kangaroos and exotic birds.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild worked_for
N M Rothschild & Sons documented
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“At 21, he reluctantly went to work at the family bank, N M Rothschild & Sons, in London.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild relationship_with
Olga Alice Muriel Rothschild documented
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“Though he never married, Rothschild had two mistresses, one of whom bore him a daughter, Olga Alice Muriel Rothschild, who would marry Richard Yarde-Buller, 4th Baron Churston, and be Baroness Churston.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild met_with
Albert Günther documented
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“Meeting Albert Günther sparked his interest in the taxonomy of birds and butterflies.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild worked_for
Ernst Hartert documented
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“He also hired taxidermists, a librarian, and, most importantly, professional scientists to work with him to curate and write up the resulting collections: Ernst Hartert, for birds, from 1892 until his retirement at the age of 70 in 1930 and…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild worked_for
Karl Jordan documented
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“He also hired taxidermists, a librarian, and, most importantly, professional scientists to work with him to curate and write up the resulting collections: Ernst Hartert, for birds, from 1892 until his retirement at the age of 70 in 1930 and…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
American Museum of Natural History acquired
Lionel Walter Rothschild documented
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“In 1932, he was forced to sell the vast majority of his bird collection to the American Museum of Natural History after he had been blackmailed by a former mistress.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild founded
British Trust for Ornithology documented
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“In 1933, he was one of eleven people involved in the appeal that led to the foundation of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), an organization for the study of birds in the British Isles.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild sold_to
British Museum documented
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“On his death in 1937, his museum and all of its contents were given in his will to the British Museum (of which the Natural History Museum, London, was then a part), the greatest accession that the institution has ever received.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild operated_in
Hungary documented
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“Following a visit to Hungary in 1902, Rothschild brought six live edible dormice (Glis glis) back to Tring.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild studied_at
University of Giessen documented
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“Rothschild was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Giessen in 1898, was elected a Trustee of the British Museum in 1899, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1911.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild member_of
Royal Society documented
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“Rothschild was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Giessen in 1898, was elected a Trustee of the British Museum in 1899, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1911.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild member_of
Liberal Unionist Party documented
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“Walter Rothschild was a Liberal Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Aylesbury from 1899 until he retired from politics at the January 1910 general election.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild worked_for
Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry documented
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“Despite his health, Rothschild served part-time as an officer in a Territorial Army unit, the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, where he was a captain from July 1902 until he was promoted to major in 1903, before retiring in 1909.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild relationship_with
Chaim Weizmann documented
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“As an active Zionist and a close friend of Chaim Weizmann, he worked to formulate the draft declaration for a Jewish homeland in British Mandate-Palestine.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild met_with
Arthur Balfour documented
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“On 2 November 1917, he received a letter from the British foreign secretary, Arthur Balfour, addressed to his London home at 148 Piccadilly.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild died_in
Hertfordshire documented
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“He died of cancer of the spinal cord in 1937 at Tring Park, Hertfordshire, aged 69, and was buried in Willesden Jewish Cemetery, London.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild buried_in
Willesden Jewish Cemetery documented
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“He died of cancer of the spinal cord in 1937 at Tring Park, Hertfordshire, aged 69, and was buried in Willesden Jewish Cemetery, London.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Lionel Walter Rothschild family_of
Victor Rothschild documented
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“He had no legitimate children, and his younger brother Charles had predeceased him, so the title was inherited by his nephew Victor.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1
Queen Victoria appointed
Lionel Walter Rothschild documented
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“In 1838, Queen Victoria had authorized the use of this Austrian title in the United Kingdom.…”
source: url — Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild · p.1