The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-06-27
THE ENGLISH RoTHsoHILos.
CAaraotsrlstios Of tho Parent Heads Of the
Financial fNmjlv,

Cnllu pa6Sou away Lutl VI yotsrs, icdNiuH
behind him gigantic fortune. His
three nephews. Nathaniel, Leopold and
Alfred, sons OF Baron Lionel Ro.hs-
child, inherited the city business, while
his vast riches in cash, lands, house
and securities were for the
most part bequeathed to his daughter,
the Countess of Rosebery. The three
London Rothschilds OF to-day bear lit
tle resemblance, either in face, form
or business habits, to either their late
father or uncle. The elder, Nathaniel,
lately created Lord Rothschild, is
far-seeing man of great business ca
pacity, and under his guidance the
great house still maintains its supre-
macy In the world OF London finance.
He is, however, man who devotes his
attention only to great enterprises,
and consequently o vast amount Of
minor business Of very profitable
nature that used to DO executed by the
Rothschilds has OF late flowed into
other channels.
His Lordship excels as diplomatic.
and his relations with Gladstone's Gov
ernment during the Egyptian affair
were close and invaluable to his house.
Simple British Taxpayers who paid
any attention 10 the part England was
playing in the Khedive's affairs for q
year or two previous TO the slaughter
ing of the heroic Gordon at Khartoum
roundly asserted that her expensive
Interference in Egypt would never
have been pushed so far but for the
vast interests of the Rothschitds and
their clients there at stake. The head
OF the firm does not inherit his uncle's
love Of sport. He neither breeds nor
runs thoroughbred race-horses, and is
rarely seen in the hunting-field,
though in perfunctory manner he
still keeps up the famed pack of stag
hounds. His counsel in financial mat
ters is highly esteemed by Her Maj
esty's Government and his life, like
that Of his predecessor. is devoted to
money-getting. More Jewish in APP
pearance than either of his brothers,
his character and habits more clearly
indicate his Hebraic origin.
Alfred dc Rothschild is also very ir-
regular in his attention to business in
''the Lane" He Is not generally
credited with any particular aptitude
for playing the great game of finance.
but has charge Of the routine business
Of the firm. Almost any morning on
the stroke OF eleven his neat brougham
may be seen pulling up at the corner
of Cannon street and St. Swithin's
Lane, whence its elegantly -attired
owner proceeds on foot to his office.
He is handsome man, Of medium
stature and dark complexion, and his
features are only slightly indicative OF
his Semitic origin. In private life he
is something Of a sybarite; his taste in
works Of art are highly cultivated; he
is liberal patron Of some of the first
painters of the day, and an ardent and
discriminative collector OF old china
and bric-a-brac.
Leopold de Rothchild does not re-
semble his brothers either in his feat
ures or mode OF life. The younger
brother takes but little part in the
business Of the great house, and rarely
puts in an appearance in ST. Swithin's
Lane. He is somewhat delicate
man, of fair complexion, with
a mild, kindly face. A liberal patron
Of the drama, he is rarely absent from
his box at the opera or his stall at the
theater on ''first nights" and he num-
bers among his friends many Of the
members Of the profession.
He is in the Prince of Wales set. and
is on terms of intimacy with the heir
apparent But it is as an owner Of
race-horses that Leopold de Rothschild
is, perhaps, best known to the
English people. While lacking
his late uncle's enthusiasm in
his pursuit of the national
sport Of Britons, he maintains large
stable Of thoroughbreds at Newman
ket, where he also has a residence,
and it may be fairly said that there
are no colors more popular on the turf
than the Rothschild blue and yellow.
One estimable characteristic of the
English Rothschild may be noted as
the common possession OF each OF the
three brothers. Their charity knows
no limit, their sympathy once enlisted
on behalf Of a worthy object. Their
names are never missing from any