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Baron
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (
June 29,
1818 –
February 6,
1874) of the English branch of the
Rothschild family was the fourth and youngest son of
Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836). He was named Mayer Amschel Rothschild, for
his grandfather, the patriarch of the Rothschild family.
Life
Known to his family as "Muffy", he was born in New Court,
London. After studying at the
University of Leipzig and
Heidelberg University he became the first member of his family to receive an education at an English university, spending time at both
Magdalene and
Trinity College,
Cambridge. Although apprenticed in the family's various banking houses in Europe, he never became a major part of the banking empire. He became
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1847 and was elected Liberal MP for
Hythe in 1859.
Mayer's mother Hannah (née
Cohen) began the
Rothschild settlement of
Buckinghamshire. Thinking her sons unhealthy, she began to purchase parcels of land around
Aylesbury in prime hunting country, where they could take outdoor exercise. By the middle of the 19th century, all three of her sons had large estates and mansions in the
Vale of Aylesbury:
Lionel de Rothschild at
Tring;
Anthony Nathan de Rothschild at
Aston Clinton; and Mayer at
Mentmore. There he built
Mentmore Towers, the most sumptuous of the English Rothschild houses at the time. Other cousins were to follow later at
Waddesdon, and
Halton.
Mayer Rothschild was a keen
horseback rider and
hunter in spite of his sixteen stone frame and was a fan of
thoroughbred horse racing. He established a stud farm at
Crafton, Buckinghamshire, and was a member of the
Jockey Club. In 1871, his horses won four of the five "classic" races: "Favonius" won the
Epsom Derby and "Hannah" won the
Epsom Oaks, the
1,000 Guineas and the
St. Leger Stakes.
In
1873 Baron Mayer bought 90 acres (360,000 m²) of land at
Ascott two miles from
Mentmore. This was given to his nephew
Leopold de Rothschild who enlarged the existing
Ascott House to the neo-
Tudor structure seen today.
Family
Mayer de Rothschild and his wife Juliana (née
Cohen) had one child, a daughter,
Hannah, later Countess of Rosebery. She was his sole heiress, and through her, Mentmore Towers passed to the
Earl of Rosebery, who served as Prime Minister from 1894–1895.
Mayer Amschel de Rothschild died in 1874 and was buried in the
Willesden Jewish Cemetery in Beaconsfield Road,
Willesden,
London.
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