Lionel de Rothschild

Baron Lionel de Rothschild
Member of Parliament
for the City of London
In office
18471868
Preceded byGeorge Lyall Sr.
Succeeded byCharles Bell
In office
18691874
Preceded byCharles Bell
Succeeded byPhilip Twells
Personal details
Born
Lionel Nathan Rothschild

22 November 1808
London, England
Died3 June 1879 (aged 70)
London, England
Resting placeWillesden Jewish Cemetery, Brent, London
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
(m. 1836)
Children5

Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (22 November 1808 – 3 June 1879) was a British Jewish banker, politician and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. He became the first practising Jew to sit as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.[a]

He co-founded the British Relief Association, the largest private provider of relief during the Great Irish and Highland Potato famines raising over £500,000.
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