Nathan Mayer Rothschild
1777 – 1836 German-British (Ashkenazi Jewish) Banker, financier of the British government
London-based Rothschild who financed Britain in the Napoleonic Wars and built its leading merchant bank.
- Religion
- Judaism (Rabbinic)
- Affiliations
- N M Rothschild & Sons, London
Nathan Rothschild moved from Frankfurt to England and founded the London bank N M Rothschild & Sons. He organized the transfer of funds that helped pay British and allied armies during the Napoleonic Wars, becoming one of the most important financiers in Europe. A popular story that he made a fortune by trading on early news of the 1815 Waterloo victory is largely a later embellishment, much of it spread through antisemitic writing.
Connections
- family of James Mayer de Rothschild — His brother in London.
- family of James Mayer de Rothschild — His brother, who ran the Paris house.
- family of Lionel de Rothschild — His father.
- family of Lionel de Rothschild — His son and successor at the London house.
- family of Mayer Amschel Rothschild — His father.
- family of Mayer Amschel Rothschild — His third son, who founded the London house.
In the timeline
- 1799 Nathan Rothschild moves to England mentioned
- 1811 Founding of N M Rothschild & Sons mentioned
- 1811 Nathan Rothschild founds N M Rothschild and Sons in London mentioned
- 1815 Nathan Rothschild and the Waterloo bond myth mentioned