person · 1808-1879

Lionel de Rothschild

Also known as Baron Lionel de Rothschild, Lionel Nathan de Rothschild.

Eldest son; head of N M Rothschild & Sons from 1836 and the first practising Jew to sit in the House of Commons, after the Jewish Relief Act of 1858.

Born in London.

Events

• British Relief Association - resident, side: civilian, 1847
• Crimean War loan - loan_underwriter, side: british, 1855
• Great Exhibition - resident, side: civilian, 1851
• Jewish Relief Act - mp_admitted, side: british, 1858
• Overend, Gurney crisis - resident, side: civilian, 1866
• Panic of 1825 - resident, side: civilian, 1825
• Panic of 1857 - resident, side: civilian, 1857
• Slavery Abolition Act - resident, side: civilian, 1833
• Purchase of the Suez Canal shares - loan_underwriter, side: british, 1875