Nathaniel Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild person

“I go to the House every morning and when I say ‘No’ to every scheme and enterprise submitted to me, I return home at night carefree and contented.…”

“Hamilton was surprised when Natty refused to “look at” the Treasury’s offer... and persuading the more accommodating Revelstoke to insist on a price no higher than 97.5.…”

“By the turn of the century, the Rothschild identification with the Conservative party was more or less complete.…”

“Dorothy Pinto (who later married Edmond’s son James) recalled how “as a child I thought Lord Rothschild lived at the Foreign Office, because from my schoolroom window I used to watch his carriage standing outside every afternoon—while in re…”

“But for most of Balfour’s three-year term as Prime Minister they worked closely together.…”

“in 1901, for example, Natty wrote to complain about a speech Balfour had made in the Commons which had made inaccurate criticisms of De Beers…”

“As Edward Hamilton commented, even before Salisbury retired in July 1902 Natty had “become so strong a party man, he will now be ‘out of it’ whenever the other side comes in.”…”

“True, it was a matter of course that Herbert Asquith, the new Chancellor, was invited to dine with the Lords Rothschild and Revelstoke at the Lord Mayor’s annual dinner.…”