Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-19
Tia Rothsehild Family.

The rumored retirement of this rcmarka
ble family, from connection with the imam
cial world, has drawn public attention o
their rise and progress, ill they have reach
ell the eliminating point ot wealth ana III
purtance. =,
The founder of the family was Meyer
/ Anselm R,thschild, bora ut FrlnkIort-on-
the Man, towards the middle Of the last
century. ~ the bay showed great natural
capacity, his parents, who were Of the He.
! brew persuasion, resolved 10 give him lib
eral education. He progressed quietly in
his studies, particularly III antiquities, and
exhibited much knowledge in ancient COINS.
I lie entered life IA an employee IN banking
! house in Hanover, aud subsequently opened
business for himself in the same lli'c, IN his
native city. A tradition is related 1T him.
II, showing how he attained that emlnenrr
which laid the foundation Of his house.
: Ii is said thu, the Prince of llrsse Cisscl,
flying from the Republican army was de-
sirous uf securing II sum OF money 800.
nO)l in such II manner rs IL lind 1t u-aIn
when the troubles were over He entrusted
it to K ,thschlld, who buried it in his garden.
but subjected his own money II pilla,e. ~
as to save the larger sum- He surceede
w lulS TuSC III saving thC SCi
When the revolutionary solder, had left.
and tranquility restored, Rnthschild drew.
from time to time. sums of money from the
hoard. which pruspered Sd we'll in his hand.
that he acquired II large fortune by 1t. u
the return If the Prince i'll lSO2 h. offered
to pay over the whole amount. with five per
cent interest which was refused, AMI the
money allowed to remain in his hands for
twenty years longer, ut the nominal rat"
two per cent. The story is, however, disctc-
dted. lie this rs it may. he became 80 emf
nent. that in 1901. he was appointed agent
to the Landsgrnye. after Electur of llrrs'.
In the following year Danish loan ol ten
millions was effected. through the house OF
Rnthschild.
In 1872, Meyer Anselm Rpthschild died,
leaving his fortune equally divided betweeu
i've sons and five daug h,ers, laying on them
with his last breath, the injunction OF an
inviolable union, which has been relig"uSiy
kept 1t is this, and the princi pies Oh
which they act of running no risks, but con-
tanting themselves with moderate profits.
with certain results, that has been the great
secret Of their SUCCESS. Another element nt
SUCCESS was the location of different mcm
hers of the family in different capitals Of
Europe, which rendered the house, III Il
manuer, ubiquitous. For Instance, Anselm,
born in 1913, fixed his residence at Frank
fort; Solomon, born in l774, chiefly at Wen
ia; Charles, born in l118, ut Naples; and
James, born in 1892 ut Paris. The fifth
brother, Nathan. born in 1877, resided III
London, and died at Frankfort in lS3i.-
They were kept connected. though at IL dis
lance, ny oouriers constantly passing from
ono branch to the other. In the space ct
twelve years between eleven aud twelve hun
dred million furins (Ell0,UO0.ON 10 El2O.-
600 .000) were raised for the SovcreiSns oi
Europe through tho agency OF this house,
partly ~ loans and partly Is subsidies. Oi
these 500, 600, 900 forms were Tor England,
l2O. OOO, 900 for Austria, l00,On0,0bO fo'
Prussia, 6OO. 100000 for France, 10 100000
for Naples, 100000 900 for Russia, 10000 600
for some Of the German courts, and 10000.
900 for Brazil. Aud this, it is added, is ex-
elusive "uf the sums for the allied Courts. "i
several hundred millions each, which were
paid AZ an indemnity for the war to thu
French, and likewise of the manifold pre-
cedng operations executed by tie house n
commissioners for different governments,
the total amount Of which lar exceeds the
foregoing
In 1915, the brothers were appointed
cuunsellors of finance to the then Elector 81
Iiesse, aud in lS26, by the next Elector.
priv counsellnrs of finance. In 1878. they
were elected to tho royal Prussian privy
council Of commerce. In Austria. they re-
crvcd, in 1915, the privilege of being here
ditary landhulders, aud III lS222, were emo
bled in the same country with the title OF
Baron. The brother established i'll London
was appointed imperial Consul, and after.
wards Consul General; and III the same
year, 1927 the same honor was conferred
upon the brother resident in PARIS. The
latter, the Baron James. has the reputation
of being the most able tinancIcr III France.
and it was mainly through his assistance
and influence with other capitalists that rail-
wa,s nuw inter>cct the length and breadth
Of the land.
Nathun the brother who resided in Eng
land, left four s"ns, three Of whom rank
among the most distinguished aristocracy oi
the British capital the fourth, Nathan, re-
siding in Paris. The eldest. Lionel de
R,thschild, ID privileged, ~ il British sub
ject, to bear the title of an Austrian baron:
his brothers being barons only by courtesy.
The second Was created har"nct "t Eng
land, as Sir Anthony de R,thsch!lL; and
the third, Baron Meyer. was High Sheriff Of
Burkinghamshire. Bar"n Lionel de Roti's-
child was in 1888, invited 10y the Reform
Association to stand ~ II candidate with
Lord John Russell for rhe representation OF
London III Parliament. and was returned
third on the list
Most Of the members of tho family have
married, and it is said that they have been
singularly fortunate in the choice ot their
wives. The venerable grandmother oi the
family. widow Of Meyer Ansrlm RothSch'ld'
still lives in the small, unprctendinS house
at Frankfort, where she resided during her
husbands lifetime. and which she declares
she will never quit, till she is conveyed from
it t. the tomb.
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