Lionel de Rothschild (born 1882)

Lionel de Rothschild
Member of Parliament
for Aylesbury
In office
1910–1922
Preceded byWalter Rothschild
Succeeded byThomas Keens
Personal details
Born
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild

(1882-01-25)25 January 1882
London
Died28 January 1942(1942-01-28) (aged 60)
Resting placeWillesden Jewish Cemetery
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Marie Louise Eugénie Beer
(m. 1912)
OccupationBanker, politician, gardener

Major Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, OBE (25 January 1882 – 28 January 1942) was a British banker and Conservative politician best remembered as the creator of Exbury Gardens by the New Forest in Hampshire. He was the eldest son of Leopold de Rothschild (1845–1917) and a part of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. In 1910, he was elected to the House of Commons. In 1917, he co-founded the anti-Zionist League of British Jews.