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James Rothschild family_of
Hannah Primrose documented
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“If, God forbid, the good and upright Hannah does not approve, then we mustn’t even think of it...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
Anthony Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“James therefore had to defer to his nephews’ greater familiarity with the American market...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
Anselm Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“James therefore had to defer to his nephews’ greater familiarity with the American market...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
Nat Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“James therefore had to defer to his nephews’ greater familiarity with the American market...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
Mayer Amschel Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“James therefore had to defer to his nephews’ greater familiarity with the American market...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
Alphonse Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“although James’s sons Alphonse and Salomon visited the US some years later...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
Salomon Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“although James’s sons Alphonse and Salomon visited the US some years later...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
James Rothschild met_with
Papacy documented
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“the Pope did give James a separate guarantee that the ghetto would be abolished.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Papacy documented
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“The final terms—which James himself had to hammer out—were exceptionally generous, given the Papal record of insolvency and instability.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild met_with
Hottinguer documented
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“although James made a personal visit to London in December, the business was finally arranged by Hottinguer…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
James Rothschild met_with
d’Argout documented
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“James’s subsequent offer of an additional 5 million francs was rejected by the Banque Governor d’Argout.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
James Rothschild met_with
Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented
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“James meanwhile urged Nathan to get a letter from a senior British figure in the same sense.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIX Amschel’s Garden
Meyer Amschel Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“Old Meyer Amschel and his wife, Solomon and James, and the wives of the two eldest sons were at home.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.92
James Rothschild member_of
Rothschild family documented
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“It was the three-year contract of 1815 between all five brothers which was the first authentically “federal” agreement.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TEN The World’s Bankers
James Rothschild lived_in
Gravelines documented
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“James, who was maintaining communication between Solomon and Nathan in England, was living at Gravelines on the Channel coast…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.125
James Rothschild lived_in
Paris documented
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“whilst James remained in France and was constantly oscillating between Paris and the coast.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.140
James Rothschild relationship_with
Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented
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“since, as he wrote to Nathan, he considered it far beneath his dignity to discuss such a matter.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.140
James Rothschild met_with
Count Gentz documented
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“on November 22 Solomon introduced his brother James to Gentz at Verona.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.300
James Rothschild met_with
Klemens von Metternich documented
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“On the following day the two brothers dined with Prince Metternich.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.300
James Rothschild met_with
Gioachino Rossini documented
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“Solomon, who had known Rossini in Vienna, introduced him to James at Verona…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.300
James Rothschild married
Betty Rothschild documented
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“as we have seen, their uncle James had married their cousin (and his own niece) Betty in 1824…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. ELEVEN “Il est mort” (1836)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Élie, duc de Villèle documented
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“James Rothschild hastened to offer his services to the minister.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.306
James Rothschild did_business_with
Duke of Angoulême documented
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“His first action was to hand the minister a letter of credit in favor of the Duke of Angouléme...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.306
James Rothschild family_of
Nat Rothschild documented
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“In July he wrote to James arguing that his sister had done “no more than marry ‘a Christian in a Christian country.’ ”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild family_of
Hannah Mayer Rothschild documented
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“In July he wrote to James arguing that his sister had done “no more than marry ‘a Christian in a Christian country.’ ”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild married
Charlotte von Rothschild documented
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“As for James, he evidently treated his niece and wife, beautiful and intelligent though she was, primarily as a useful social asset.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIX Amschel’s Garden
James Rothschild family_of
Lionel Rothschild documented
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“He concluded by asking Nat to show his eldest brother Lionel his letter “and I am sure that he shares my opinion.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild family_of
Anthony Rothschild documented
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“A letter dated the following day from Anthony—who was in Paris during the crisis—confirms this impression:…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild family_of
Anselm Rothschild documented
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“Do you really think that all the nicely conceived projects [will come to fruition]—that is, that Mayer will marry Anselm’s daughter...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild headed
Rothschild family documented
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“For the first time since his brother’s death, James was speaking in the unmistakable tone of the new head of the family...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild family_of
Charlotte Rothschild documented
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“But Charlotte, like her uncle James, did not interpret Hannah Mayer’s downfall in purely religious terms…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild family_of
Gutle Rothschild documented
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“It is easy to forget as one reads their letters that the four remaining sons of Mayer Amschel were by now old men.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
James Rothschild moved_to
Frankfurt documented
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“When James set off to see his brothers and nephews in Frankfurt in January 1849...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
James Rothschild met_with
Carl Rothschild documented
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“When James set off to see his brothers and nephews in Frankfurt in January 1849...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
James Rothschild met_with
Mayer Carl Rothschild documented
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“When James set off to see his brothers and nephews in Frankfurt in January 1849...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
James Rothschild met_with
Wilhelm Carl Rothschild documented
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“When James set off to see his brothers and nephews in Frankfurt in January 1849...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
James Rothschild worked_for
Rothschild family firm documented
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“As Nat put it in July 1848, he and his brothers wished to “come to some sort of an arrangement so that each house may be in an independent position.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
James Rothschild family_of
Carl Rothschild documented
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“In the end, his share of the business was divided in such a way that James got a quarter, Anselm a quarter, Nathan’s four sons a quarter between them and Carl’s three sons the last quarter.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
James Rothschild operated_in
Paris documented
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“it was James who made much of the running after 1852, expanding his continental railway interests so successfully that by the end of his life the capital of the Paris house far exceeded that of its partners…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
Alphonse Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“James’s eldest son Alphonse…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. ONE Charlotte’s Dream (1849-1858)
James Rothschild met_with
General Changarnier documented
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“For his part, James commented—with a mixture of admiration and bemusement—that although Changarnier was willing to give him sensitive political information...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild met_with
Louis Napoleon documented
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“James did indeed see Napoleon on a number of occasions in 1850 and 1851…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild family_of
Achille Fould documented
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“to have one brother a banker and the other a Finance Minister was, as James acknowledged, no mean strategy.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild family_of
Nat Rothschild documented
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“James had prepared a bid, but stayed away from the auction because of the death of Nat’s four-year-old son Mayer Albert…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild moved_to
Paris documented
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“moving it to a new building in Quai de Valmy…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Michel Benoît Poisat documented
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“establishing a société en commandite under the direction of Michel Benoît Poisat in 1838.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Dierickx documented
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“At the same time, he went into partnership with Dierickx, the Master of Paris Mint in 1843…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild met_with
Niebuhr documented
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“James and Nat travelled to join Mayer Carl and Niebuhr…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Prussia documented
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“In 1861 James too received a Prussian order.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. TWO The Era of Mobility (1849-1858)
Gustave Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“Gustave too shared many of the attitudes of the older Rothschilds.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
Salomon James Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“It was James’s younger sons who struggled. The Goncourts observed in 1862 how imperiously Salomon James (b. 1835) was treated by his father.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
Edmond Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“The youngest son, Edmond (b. 1845), fared better...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
James Rothschild member_of
Rothschild Partnership documented
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“Under the terms of the 1863 contract, the shares had been equal: James had 25 per cent, as did Anselm (as Salomon’s heir), the sons of Nathan and the sons of Carl.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
James Rothschild founded
Paris Rothschild house documented
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“This date, then—when the London, Paris and Vienna houses established by Nathan, James and Salomon became entirely separate entities—is the real watershed in Rothshild history...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. SEVEN “The Caucasian Royal Family”
James Rothschild family_of
Leo Rothschild documented
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“His elder brother James served as a pilot in the Balkan theatre...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild met_with
David Lloyd George documented
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“Jimmy remained more active, briefing both Lloyd George and his Conservative successor Bonar Law about the problems not only of Palestine but also of Syria.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild met_with
Andrew Bonar Law documented
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“Jimmy remained more active, briefing both Lloyd George and his Conservative successor Bonar Law about the problems not only of Palestine but also of Syria.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild operated_in
Palestine documented
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“Jimmy remained more active, briefing both Lloyd George and his Conservative successor Bonar Law about the problems not only of Palestine but also of Syria.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild operated_in
Syria documented
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“Jimmy remained more active, briefing both Lloyd George and his Conservative successor Bonar Law about the problems not only of Palestine but also of Syria.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
Edmond James de Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“Jimmy’s father Edmond also continued his involvement with Palestine...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild headed
Palestine Jewish Colonisation Association documented
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“Jimmy’s father Edmond also continued his involvement with Palestine, reorganising the old Palestine Committee of the Jewish Colonisation Association as the Palestine Jewish Colonisation Association—an autonomous organisation under his (and …”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild family_of
Rothschild family documented
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“Even on this issue father and son disagreed: a good illustration of the way the question of Palestine’s future tended to divide the Rothschild family.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild family_of
Henri Rothschild documented
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“Both Henri’s sons, James and Philippe, had rather similar experiences.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild moved_to
United Kingdom documented
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“The former served in the air force (as he had in the First World War) before escaping through Spain to Britain.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild member_of
Free French documented
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“James also joined the Free French, as did his brother Philippe, his wife and elder daughter.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 2: The World's Banker, 1849-1999 · ch. FOURTEEN Deluges (1915-1945)
James Rothschild met_with
Louis Philippe I documented
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“James did not exaggerate when he spoke in the 1840s of being able to see King Louis Philippe “daily”: at times of political crisis, he could do just that.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. INTRODUCTION Reality and Myth
James Rothschild met_with
Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented
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“The three brothers decided that one of them should go to Nathan in London…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.334
James Rothschild member_of
Mayer Amschel Rothschild & Sons documented
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“...and to guarantee that James would become a partner (also with a share worth 30,000 gulden) when he attained his majority.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
Mayer Amschel Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“It was Mayer Amschel who had... established the worldly fortune of his children.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
James Rothschild met_with
Bernhard von Bülow documented
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“The brothers made overtures to the Finance Minister Prince Bülow and to Prince Hardenberg’s adviser Christian Rother, but elicited only a lukewarm response, despite the positive impression made by Herries’s recommendation.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild met_with
Christian Rother documented
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“The brothers made overtures to the Finance Minister Prince Bülow and to Prince Hardenberg’s adviser Christian Rother, but elicited only a lukewarm response, despite the positive impression made by Herries’s recommendation.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Russia documented
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“(This was what James was driving at when he described the first major Russian transfer as a “masterpiece” from the British point of view.)…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
Mayer Amschel Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“As early as June 1811, when they were first engaged in smuggling bullion across the Channel, Amschel accused James of “forcing the rate of exchange in Jerusalem [London] too high” (meaning, in fact, that the pound was falling against the fr…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild family_of
Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented
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“As early as June 1811, when they were first engaged in smuggling bullion across the Channel, Amschel accused James of “forcing the rate of exchange in Jerusalem [London] too high” (meaning, in fact, that the pound was falling against the fr…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
Nathan Mayer Rothschild met_with
James Rothschild documented
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“A month later it was Nathan’s turn to urge James to buy undervalued pounds in Frankfurt.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild operated_in
Amsterdam documented
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“The ducats which were delivered to Gervais in August and September had been bought by James at a lower price in Amsterdam, yielding an extra profit of some 4 per cent.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild operated_in
Hamburg documented
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“By November James found that it was once again enough for him “to put in an appearance” at the Hamburg stock exchange for the pound to rise...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild operated_in
Paris documented
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“By February he could confidently report to Nathan: “It depends solely on me whether the pound rises or falls in Paris.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Gervais documented
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“James was convinced that they would go higher, having received information (from Gervais) that interest payments would soon be resumed.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild moved_to
Hamburg documented
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“and James to Hamburg with orders “to pur…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild family_of
Rothschild family documented
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“The Rothschild brothers seemed to work together in uncommon harmony.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
Nathan Mayer Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
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“...I read Amschel’s, Salomon’s, James’s and Carl’s letters...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild lived_in
Paris documented
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“Although there were times when James contemplated leaving Paris, it is unlikely that he stayed there just because Nathan told him to.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild met_with
Salomon Cohen documented
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“At the height of the bitter row in June 1814, James remained cool, sardonically telling Salomon Cohen that he was allowing Nathan “to dictate to him about millions as if they were apples and pears.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild relationship_with
Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented
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““The main point is now to work out a sensible plan for England,” he wrote to Nathan in March 1818.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
Carl Rothschild relationship_with
James Rothschild documented
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“As early as December 1816 Carl had cause to complain about James’s critical letters, the burden of which was that the Frankfurt house was not making enough money.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
Mayer Amschel Rothschild relationship_with
James Rothschild documented
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“As Amschel said to James following one of the most serious setbacks of the post-war period:…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild founded
Rothschild banking dynasty documented
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“The question now was whether James should be allowed to establish a new house in Paris under the explicitly collective name of “de Rothschild Frères.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THREE “The Commanding General” (1813-1815)
James Rothschild member_of
Rothschild family documented
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“Only by entering into loose partnerships—with Mendelssohn in Berlin, Bethmann and Gontard in Frankfurt, Arnstein & Eskeles in Vienna and Parish & Co. in Hamburg—were Salomon and James able to participate in the initial payments to Prussia a…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild did_business_with
duc de Richelieu documented
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“James made every effort to cultivate Richelieu’s secretary, who evidently provided valuable inside information on French intentions.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Laffitte documented
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“His anger was redoubled when a last-ditch effort (in partnership with Laffitte and Parish) to join the Baring group for the third issue of rentes in July 1817 came to nothing.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild did_business_with
David Parish documented
document
“His anger was redoubled when a last-ditch effort (in partnership with Laffitte and Parish) to join the Baring group for the third issue of rentes in July 1817 came to nothing.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Baguenault documented
document
“When James—along with the other Paris banks Baguenault, Delessert, Greffulhe, Hottinguer and Laffitte—was offered a mere 10 million francs, to be shared with David Parish, he was disgusted, fulminating at the “abominable” way he had been tr…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Delessert documented
document
“When James—along with the other Paris banks Baguenault, Delessert, Greffulhe, Hottinguer and Laffitte—was offered a mere 10 million francs, to be shared with David Parish, he was disgusted, fulminating at the “abominable” way he had been tr…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Greffulhe documented
document
“When James—along with the other Paris banks Baguenault, Delessert, Greffulhe, Hottinguer and Laffitte—was offered a mere 10 million francs, to be shared with David Parish, he was disgusted, fulminating at the “abominable” way he had been tr…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Hottinguer documented
document
“When James—along with the other Paris banks Baguenault, Delessert, Greffulhe, Hottinguer and Laffitte—was offered a mere 10 million francs, to be shared with David Parish, he was disgusted, fulminating at the “abominable” way he had been tr…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild met_with
Paris documented
document
“This pessimism was reinforced by “talk of war” which James heard in Paris in May 1816.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild operated_in
France documented
document
“The brothers undoubtedly sought to join in the bull run in the French bond market after 1816.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild met_with
Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented
document
“he candidly reported to Nathan in early April…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
James Rothschild did_business_with
United Kingdom documented
document
“And not only would it have been awkward for Nathan to have been left holding millions of 3 per cent rentes at such a time; the conversion might also have made it more difficult for his brother James to assist him in containing the English b…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
James Rothschild relationship_with
George Canning documented
document
“As James said in November 1826, “It would be a mortal sin to be dependent . . . on a Canning.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FIVE “Hue and Cry” (1826-1829)
Élie, duc de Villèle met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“Although Villèle had reassured James in November “that I should not be silly because England and France would never go to war on account of such miserable people like the Spanish and Portuguese,”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FIVE “Hue and Cry” (1826-1829)
Lord Stewart did_business_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“He first asked Salomon and James to “speculate for him in rentes” in October 1817, and thereafter became “very friendly with us.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FIVE “Hue and Cry” (1826-1829)
James Rothschild did_business_with
John Fredriksen documented
document
“Twenty years later James gave the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne’s brother Frederick investment tips during his time as ambassador…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FIVE “Hue and Cry” (1826-1829)
James Rothschild met_with
David Parish documented
document
“A letter by James to the Vienna banker David Parish, which was evidently intended for Metternich’s eyes, illustrates the way the brothers were now explicitly using their financial leverage on behalf of their “nation”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIX Amschel’s Garden
James Rothschild paid
Schönche Rothschild documented
document
“In the meantime I personally gave her a present of several thousand francs.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIX Amschel’s Garden
James Rothschild met_with
Lady Londonderry documented
document
““your charming Lady Londonderry,” for example, whom James “stuffed” with best British venison provided by Nathan in 1833…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons
James Rothschild met_with
Duke of Richmond documented
document
“and the Duke of Richmond, whom he invited to dinner a year later.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons
James Rothschild met_with
duc de Richelieu documented
document
“In 1816, equipped with a handbook of etiquette, he scored his first success, inviting the duc de Richelieu’s private secretary to dinner à deux .…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons
James Rothschild met_with
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer documented
document
“he was treated to an especially flagrant snub from his rivals Baring and Labouchère in 1818.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons
James Rothschild met_with
Labouchère documented
document
“he was treated to an especially flagrant snub from his rivals Baring and Labouchère in 1818.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons
James Rothschild operated_in
rue d’Artois documented
document
“It was not until March 2, 1821, that James really launched himself as a society host with his first full-scale ball in the refurbished rue d’Artois hôtel.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons
Henrietta Mendelssohn met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“The somewhat world-weary Berliner Henrietta Mendelssohn described how for the past two weeks nothing has been talked about in the world of the great and the rich here, save a ball which Herr Rothschild finally gave yesterday evening in his …”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons
Carl Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
document
“Carl, for example, addressed one letter to “James de Rothschild, Knight of the Society for the Liberation of Christian Slaves [ sic ], Financial Councillor of Electoral Hesse etc. etc. etc..”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons
James Rothschild did_business_with
Jules de Polignac documented
document
“It is no wonder James called Polignac a devil: he had made an authentically Faustian pact with him.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Jules de Polignac documented
document
“Well, Polignac promised me that he will not instigate a coup d’état... so I went ahead and bought 100,000 francs of rentes…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
Rothschild family provided_bridge_financing_for
James Rothschild documented
document
“The principal reason for James’s financial survival was the role played by the other Rothschild houses in bailing him out.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
Nathan Mayer Rothschild provided_bridge_financing_for
James Rothschild documented
document
“One reason Nathan was able to bail his brother out was that, as The Times later said, he had managed to sell a substantial proportion of his own 4 per cent rentes before the revolution broke out.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
James Rothschild worked_for
France documented
document
“This is what James meant when he repeatedly praised Nathan’s “decency,” for it allowed him to continue paying the money due to the French Treasury under the terms of the loan agreement concluded earlier in the year…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
Hannah Primrose married
James Rothschild documented
document
“As Hannah told her husband proudly, “Your exertion in sending so much money gives great pleasure . . . You have dear Rothschild behaved uncommonly well and every one is quite satisfied with you.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Charles X documented
document
“In many ways, this was analogous to James’s defection from Charles X to Louis Philippe in Paris.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Louis Philippe I documented
document
“In many ways, this was analogous to James’s defection from Charles X to Louis Philippe in Paris.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
Charles Poulett Thomson met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“When the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, Charles Poulett Thomson, dined with James the following month...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. EIGHT Sudden Revolutions (1830-1833)
James Rothschild lived_in
Suresnes documented
document
“For the internal threat—the threat which prompted James to bury bonds in the gardens at Suresnes—was in many ways the lesser threat posed by the revolutions of the period.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild operated_in
London documented
document
“Moreover, no courier ever arrived soon enough: James’s complaint in 1833 that a courier from London had arrived “one hour too late” was the classic expression of the perennial capitalist desire for faster communications.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Countess Nesselrode documented
document
“just as he later claimed to Countess Nesselrode, he really did see the King, his ministers and the principal ambassadors on an almost daily basis.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Molé documented
document
“James’s first action on hearing of the Belgian revolt was thus to broker a meeting between the French Foreign Minister Molé and the Prussian ambassador…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Klemens von Metternich documented
document
“James relayed a veiled warning from Louis Philippe to Metternich…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
Louis Philippe I met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“Louis Philippe’s message to James at that meeting…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Lionel Rothschild documented
document
“having concluded (along with Hannah and Lionel) that Belgian claims to independence were practically (and perhaps also in principle) defensible.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Hannah Primrose documented
document
“having concluded (along with Hannah and Lionel) that Belgian claims to independence were practically (and perhaps also in principle) defensible.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen documented
document
“French revolution of July 1830 not only to the British Foreign Secretary Lord Aberdeen in London but also (via Frankfurt) to Metternich in Bohemia is well known.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild member_of
House of Rothschilds documented
document
“James and Salomon were much involved in the war of words which duly broke out between Paris and Vienna.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild family_of
Lionel de Rothschild documented
document
“The difficulty was that even those ministers to whom he and Lionel gave their qualified backing were sometimes obliged to assuage public feeling by speaking in a bellicose manner themselves...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Sebastiani documented
document
“When Sebastiani was appointed Foreign Minister in Laffitte’s new government (November 1830), James immediately rushed to see him.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Louis Philippe I documented
document
“According to his own account, he told Louis Philippe: You are being pushed into a state of war...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild proposed
Périer documented
document
“You should appoint Périer and then all the people, including the wealthy section of the population, will support him, and this will demonstrate that you mean business.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Laffitte documented
document
“This morning I was at Laffitte’s and he said to me, “If France does not declare war on Austria, then, in a matter of three weeks, the king will no longer be king and will lose his head.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild urged
Banque de France documented
document
“It was for this reason that James urged the Banque de France to avert Laffitte’s bankruptcy in early 1831...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild met_with
Salomon Rothschild documented
document
“In a characteristic letter intended for Metternich’s eyes, James urged Salomon that Austria should “support” Périer...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
Salomon Rothschild worked_for
James Rothschild documented
document
“Until April 1831 Salomon could do little more than relay Austrian intentions to Paris (in itself an important service as his letters to James arrived as much as three days before Apponyi’s official instructions).…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented
document
“Indeed, James and Nathan themselves sold around 28,000 British guns and offered to sell other military supplies to the French government at around this time—a remarkable kind of “hedging,” given their vocal pacifism.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild supplied_arms_to
France documented
document
“Indeed, James and Nathan themselves sold around 28,000 British guns and offered to sell other military supplies to the French government at around this time—a remarkable kind of “hedging,” given their vocal pacifism.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild funded
Périer documented
document
“It therefore made sense to give Périer financial as well as moral support, not least because the combination of peace and a properly funded loan would lead to a rise in the price of rentes:…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Périer documented
document
“I want to tell you that we can perhaps do business with Périer.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Belgium documented
document
“As James reported, brokers and bankers were “snapping [the loan] up like sugar pumpernickel” even before it had been issued…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Talleyrand documented
document
““If you promise Talleyrand a little something, my dear Nathan, he will then arrange that you be appointed the agent for the handling of the debt…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. NINE The Chains of Peace (1830-1833)
Viktor Metternich met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“When he paid a visit in the late 1820s, Metternich’s son Viktor found it was: like a positive magic lantern...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TEN The World’s Bankers
James Rothschild family_of
Salomon Rothschild documented
document
“for the sake of maintaining cordial relations and in accordance with your wishes and those of our brother Salomon, I have in fact written to him on five occasions…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TEN The World’s Bankers
James Rothschild family_of
Carl Rothschild documented
document
“I am no less a Rothschild and I can stand on my honour as much as our brother Carl.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TEN The World’s Bankers
James Rothschild headed
Rothschild banking dynasty documented
document
“James’s new house in Paris, de Rothschild Frères.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TEN The World’s Bankers
Anselm Rothschild met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“James was soon asking for his assistance in Paris “as he really has character.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TEN The World’s Bankers
James Rothschild paid
Gasser documented
document
“In 1838 James threatened to stop paying his salary (14,000 roubles a year), which he considered excessive, instead paying him a quarter per cent of “whatever business we do with him.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TEN The World’s Bankers
James Rothschild lived_in
Brussels documented
document
“his uncle James’s advice from Brussels—where he and Nathan had stopped briefly on business—had scarcely been an encouragement to undertake new business…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. ELEVEN “Il est mort” (1836)
James Rothschild lived_in
France reported
document
“Muhlstein’s figures suggest that James was already probably the richest man in France.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. ELEVEN “Il est mort” (1836)
James Rothschild succeeded
Nathan Mayer Rothschild reported
document
“The traditional assumption has been that the youngest of the five brothers, James, immediately inherited Nathan’s mantle.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. ELEVEN “Il est mort” (1836)
James Rothschild headed
Rothschild family reported
document
“The head, or rather the brain, of this family is Baron James, a remarkable man . . .…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. ELEVEN “Il est mort” (1836)
James Rothschild operated_in
Paris documented
document
“In an earlier piece written in March 1841, he had portrayed James only half-ironically as a kind of financial emperor, literally holding court in the rue Laffitte at the centre of “a labyrinth of halls, a barracks of wealth.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. ELEVEN “Il est mort” (1836)
Heinrich Heine relationship_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“That was his friend Heine’s view.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. ELEVEN “Il est mort” (1836)
James Rothschild supported
Society for the Encouragement and Aid of Jewish Indigents documented
document
“Like his brothers, he dutifully played his part within the Jewish community, supporting the Society for the Encouragment and Aid of [Jewish] Indigents in 1843…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild lived_in
Naples documented
document
““I am absolutely convinced,” he wrote from Naples, in a letter which shows how much attention the uncles were now paying to the marriage question,…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild worked_for
Charles-Edmond Duponchel documented
document
“In 1836 James commissioned the architect, designer and theatre producer Charles-Edmond Duponchel to reconstruct and redecorate his rue Laffitte hôtel…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild lived_in
Château de Ferrières documented
document
“Firstly, there was shooting, mainly of pheasants, which James was doing at Ferrières by the early 1830s.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild met_with
Duc d'Orleans documented
document
“This was corporate hospitality at its most grotesque, with the unfortunate birds and beasts being bought in specially for the occasion, and each of the eminent guests being provided with a servant, a dog and a gun.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild met_with
Prince of Holstein-Glücksburg documented
document
“on April 30, 1847, when the guests included the Prince of Holstein-Glücksburg, the Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Holland, Apponyi could not help noticing the “affreuses douleurs névralgiques à la tête” from which Nat’s wife was all t…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild met_with
Duke of Devonshire documented
document
“on April 30, 1847, when the guests included the Prince of Holstein-Glücksburg, the Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Holland, Apponyi could not help noticing the “affreuses douleurs névralgiques à la tête” from which Nat’s wife was all t…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild met_with
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne documented
document
“on April 30, 1847, when the guests included the Prince of Holstein-Glücksburg, the Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Holland, Apponyi could not help noticing the “affreuses douleurs névralgiques à la tête” from which Nat’s wife was all t…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild met_with
Lady Holland documented
document
“on April 30, 1847, when the guests included the Prince of Holstein-Glücksburg, the Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Holland, Apponyi could not help noticing the “affreuses douleurs névralgiques à la tête” from which Nat’s wife was all t…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild met_with
Count Paul Apponyi documented
document
“on April 30, 1847, when the guests included the Prince of Holstein-Glücksburg, the Duke of Devonshire and Lord and Lady Holland, Apponyi could not help noticing the “affreuses douleurs névralgiques à la tête” from which Nat’s wife was all t…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
Lionel de Rothschild met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“In 1843, in an ambitious bid to re-educate their uncle, they invited him to shoot grouse with them in Scotland.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild moved_to
Scotland documented
document
“In 1843, in an ambitious bid to re-educate their uncle, they invited him to shoot grouse with them in Scotland.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWELVE Love and Debt
James Rothschild met_with
U.S. Department of the Treasury reported
document
“James was reported as telling representatives of the US Treasury…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
James Rothschild met_with
Timothy Curtis documented
document
“Timothy Curtis, the former Governor of the Bank, wrote an emollient letter, assuring James of his “sincere wish to co-operate with your nephews in everything relating to the foreign exchange”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
James Rothschild met_with
Comte d'Argout documented
document
“When he heard that the Governor of the Banque, comte d’Argout, was offering assistance, James was initially wholly opposed…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Bank of England documented
document
“now resolving “to go into the business with the Bank as far as I possibly can.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
James Rothschild did_business_with
William J. Curtis reported
document
“possibly a reference to a private loan to Curtis…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
James Rothschild invested_in
Bank of United States documented
document
“The net result of his enthusiasm for America... had been a large amount of bad debts from the defunct Bank of the United States…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. THIRTEEN Quicksilver and Hickory (1834-1839)
James Rothschild member_of
Rothschild & Co documented
document
“James and his brothers had constantly urged the great powers to avoid war.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
James Rothschild proposed
Russia documented
document
“James eagerly proposed floating such a loan simultaneously in London and Paris.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
James Rothschild met_with
Neapolitan government documented
document
““Your Finance Minister is not a man you can reliably count on,” James told Carl after a visit to Naples in 1839.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
Lionel de Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
document
“The correspondence between him and his uncle James during this mission sheds light not only on Rothschild negotiating techniques but also on the difficulties of dealing with an essentially absolutist regime.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Société Générale de Belgique documented
document
“James energetically sought to defend and develop the position of dominance he and the Société Générale had established in Brussels.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
James Rothschild funded
Leopold I of Belgium documented
document
“A variety of transactions helped to sustain Rothschild interest—above all, state loans to finance Leopold I’s policy of economic development, the centrepiece of which was the building of a railway network.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
James Rothschild founded
Société Générale de Belgique documented
document
“Having created three new institutions in partnership with the Société Générale (the Société de Commerce de Bruxelles, the Société nationale pour entre-prises industrielles et commerciales and the Banque foncière), James had done his best to…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Banque de Belgique documented
document
“But the Banque de Belgique (founded in 1835 with largely French capital) was a genuine rival and James had to decide whether to resist the challenge to his position or to join forces with it.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
James Rothschild relationship_with
François Guizot documented
document
“he liked the Molé ministry which ultimately emerged that April precisely because it was “weak.”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
James Rothschild relationship_with
Adolphe Thiers documented
document
“Although James was soon talking—in his usual, adaptable way—of “build[ing] up a friendly relationship with [Thiers],” this proved to be unrealistic.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOURTEEN Between Retrenchment and Rearmament (1840)
James Rothschild did_business_with
Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord alleged
document
“According to Dairnvaell, the Rothschilds had secured the Nord contract by corrupt means, distributing 15,000 shares to deputies…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FIFTEEN “Satan Harnessed”: Playing at Railways (1830-1846)
James Rothschild paid
Jules Janin documented
document
“M. de Rothschild . . . saved me and my novel [ Clarisse Harlowe ] with a few Nord shares.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FIFTEEN “Satan Harnessed”: Playing at Railways (1830-1846)
James Rothschild worked_for
Charles X documented
document
“In 1830 James had been sufficiently distanced from the regime of Charles X to allow a relatively easy switch to the Orléanist side.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
James Rothschild did_business_with
Dumon reported
document
“It seems likely that the auction of the new rentes was rigged by the Finance Minister so that James’s bid was exactly equal to the Minister’s supposedly secret minimum.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
James Rothschild did_business_with
Tsar Nicholas II documented
document
“Some of it was sold to investors ranging from the Tsar to Heinrich Heine.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
James Rothschild did_business_with
Heinrich Heine documented
document
“Some of it was sold to investors ranging from the Tsar to Heinrich Heine.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
James Rothschild funded
Ireland reported
document
“The £8 million so-called Irish Famine Loan of March 1847 was raised ostensibly to finance the cost of aid to Ireland…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
James Rothschild relationship_with
Alphonse Rothschild documented
document
“His refusal to let Alphonse serve in the National Guard, for example, was more an assertion of the primacy of family interests over all politics...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
Betty Rothschild married
James Rothschild documented
document
“James’s wife Betty was vehemently hostile to the revolution...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
James Rothschild relationship_with
Charlotte von Rothschild documented
document
“Haughtily, she told Charlotte how the new French Minister of the Interior Louis Antoine Garnier-Pagès “always addresses our Uncle simply as ‘Rothschild’ without a prefix”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
Louis Antoine Garnier-Pagès relationship_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“Haughtily, she told Charlotte how the new French Minister of the Interior Louis Antoine Garnier-Pagès “always addresses our Uncle simply as ‘Rothschild’ without a prefix”…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIXTEEN 1848
Savagner carried_out_attack
James Rothschild documented
document
“Solomon and James were placed under arrest in the office below…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.93
James Rothschild family_of
Meyer Amschel Rothschild documented
document
“30,000 each to Carl and James, who had not yet come of age.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.104
James Rothschild moved_to
Paris documented
document
“James actually arrived in Paris on the 24th of March, 1811, took up his quarters at 5 rue Napoleon...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.111
James Rothschild moved_to
London documented
document
““Young Rothschild,” he wrote from Hanau to his master on April 7, 1811, “is actually on his way to London to fetch the certificates of title regarding your investment of capital.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.111
James Rothschild lived_in
London documented
document
“...and the youngest, James, spends his time between London and Paris.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.118
James Rothschild lived_in
France documented
document
“whilst James remained in France and was constantly oscillating between Paris and the coast.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.140
James Rothschild operated_in
Paris documented
document
“James also acquired French cash on the spot in Paris, and managed to smuggle it across to his brothers in Holland.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.146
James Rothschild did_business_with
Nathan Mayer Rothschild documented
document
“James also acquired French cash on the spot in Paris, and managed to smuggle it across to his brothers in Holland.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.146
James Rothschild worked_for
British Treasury documented
document
“Nathan was able to show in a report to the English Treasury that hundreds of thousands were saved by the new method.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.167
James Rothschild did_business_with
Rothschild family documented
document
“James was appointed as the agent of numerous banks and organizations that had claims of this nature...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.167
Buderus von Carlshausen met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“Von Carlshausen had recently been in Paris, on business in connection with his master’s claims for compensation, and had specially commended the elector’s interests to James.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.181
James Rothschild did_business_with
France documented
document
“James, perceiving the great possibilities of profit that the situation offered, advised his brothers and urged them to do everything possible to get the order for remitting this French tribute.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.184
Francis I of Austria appointed
James Rothschild documented
document
“Emperor Francis issued an order in council to this effect, dated October 21, 1816.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.196
James Rothschild family_of
Rothschild family documented
document
“While the International Congress temporarily brought the three brothers, Amschel, Solomon, and Carl into the foreground, James in Paris and Nathan in London had not been inactive.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.224
James Rothschild met_with
Barbier documented
document
“James in Paris was in constant close association with Barbier, the chairman of the Austrian Liquidation Committee in that city.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.224
James Rothschild met_with
David Parish documented
document
“he wrote to David Parish at Carlsbad…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.230
James Rothschild member_of
Rothschild family documented
document
“James in Paris and Solomon in Vienna immediately offered to send this money to Frankfort...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.244
Carl Meyer von Rothschild relationship_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“In spite of the distance which separated them, Carl remained, at any rate in really important transactions, under the con-trol of his brothers James and Solomon.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.258
James Rothschild operated_in
London documented
document
“James and Nathan put the Neapolitan securities on the market in London and Paris…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.268
Solomon Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
document
“Solomon gave his brother James at Paris to understand that he should renew his application...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.272
James Rothschild relationship_with
Louis Philippe of Orléans documented
document
“James Rothschild was in close association with the liberal-minded Duke Louis Philippe of Orléans (afterwards King of France).…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.275
James Rothschild worked_for
Austria documented
document
“On August 11, 1821, James von Rothschild was duly appointed consul-general in Paris.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.277
James Rothschild did_business_with
Polytechnical Institute documented
document
“For this purpose he immediately ordered some interesting machines, which he is giving to our Polytechnic Institute…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.275
James Rothschild did_business_with
Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers documented
document
“he is a young man of parts, who is intimately acquainted with several members of the Polytechnical Institute in Paris, and of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.275
Solomon Rothschild relationship_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“Rothschild and his Paris brother had the Order of Vladimir conferred on them yesterday…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.297
James Rothschild moved_to
Verona documented
document
“James quickly decided to make the journey…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.300
James Rothschild family_of
Solomon Rothschild documented
document
“Gentz noted in his diary: “T have just had a little discussion with Rothschild about the incredible story of his brother in Paris...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.305
Élie, duc de Villèle proposed
James Rothschild documented
document
“Villéle thought out his scheme and then made a detailed proposal to James Rothschild in Paris.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.326
James Rothschild married
Agha Hasan Abedi documented
document
“he contrived to steal time to make a journey to Frankfort in early July, 1824, in order to marry his nineteen-year-old niece Betty…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.333
James Rothschild met_with
Carl Rothschild documented
document
“James had to return to Paris as his brothers Carl and Solomon were there…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.334
James Rothschild met_with
Solomon Rothschild documented
document
“James had to return to Paris as his brothers Carl and Solomon were there…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.334
James Rothschild did_business_with
Auguste de Marmont documented
document
“James lent the marshal a small sum on the security of the next instalment of his pension.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.344
Nathan Mayer Rothschild family_of
James Rothschild documented
document
“spending five weeks there with his four brothers…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.345
Klemens von Metternich appointed
James Rothschild documented
document
“It was in the summer of 1819, and James and Carl had just come to Vienna from Naples. They had informed themselves as to conditions there, reported to Prince Metternich and been commissioned by him to undertake the transmission of Austria’s…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.349
James Rothschild did_business_with
Gontard Bank documented
document
“Rothschild stated that he would be delighted to carry the matter through in collaboration with Gontard at the “most favorable possible rates,” and asked for 14% commission and 14% brokerage.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.349
James Rothschild operated_in
Italy documented
document
“Herr James Rothschild was in Naples…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.350
Betty Rothschild married
James Rothschild reported
document
“This may have been Betty, the wife of James…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.385
James Rothschild met_with
Duke of Chartres documented
document
“He gave balls, which were attended by princes such as the Duke of Chartres and the Duke of Brunswick.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.404
James Rothschild met_with
Duke of Brunswick documented
document
“He gave balls, which were attended by princes such as the Duke of Chartres and the Duke of Brunswick.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.404
Duke of Decazes met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“The Duke of Decazes wrote to him: “If you do not succeed in preventing the fall in values, everyone will believe that a coup d’état will occur such as you so rightly fear, for you may be sure that in such a case no creditor would be paid hi…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.404
James Rothschild met_with
Jules de Polignac documented
document
“James Rothschild thereupon hastily went to see Polignac, as he had so often done before, and was again reassured by him.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.405
James Rothschild met_with
Peyronnet documented
document
“On Sunday, July 24, James accordingly decided to go to Monsieur Peyronnet, minister of the interior, and ask him what it all meant.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.406
James Rothschild met_with
Madame de Thuret documented
document
“Rothschild went to dine at the country house of Madame de Thuret…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.407
James Rothschild did_business_with
Louis Philippe I documented
document
“They immediately adjusted their policy accordingly, and James offered his financial services to the new powers in the state, in spite of the losses incurred through the fall in the funds and the continuing uncertainty.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.411
James Rothschild member_of
Société des Antiquités documented
document
“In the middle of August, as a member of the Société des Antiquités, James was one of a deputation to congratulate Louis Philippe on ascending the throne.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.414
Louis Philippe I met_with
James Rothschild documented
document
“As the deputation was leaving, the king signaled to James to remain behind, and made the following remarks to him...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.414
James Rothschild worked_for
Louis Philippe I documented
document
“In order to put this view to Metternich more particularly, the king made use of James Rothschild.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.414
James Rothschild met_with
Louis Philippe I documented
document
“On September 7, 1830, James was received by Louis Philippe in private audience, and discussed the general situation with him.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.416
James Rothschild met_with
Count Sebastiani documented
document
“You know that Count Sebastiani, minister for foreign affairs, has given me permission to call on him every morning.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.418