page_title: James de Rothschild (politician)
section_title: Philanthropy
hierarchical_section_title: James de Rothschild (politician) / Philanthropy
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: 28-6-25, Vincennes (i.e. Longchamp), vicomte d'Harcourt (à g. et) James Armand Edmond de Rothschild (1878-1957) (à d.) - (photographie de presse) - (Agence Rol)
context_page_description: James Armand Edmond de Rothschild DCM DL, sometimes known as Jimmy de Rothschild, was a British Liberal politician and philanthropist, from the wealthy Rothschild international banking dynasty.
  De Rothschild was the son of Edmond James de Rothschild of the French branch of family. He was educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the First World War, at the outset as an enlisted man in the French Army then as an officer in The Royal Canadian Dragoons, and ended the war as an officer in the British Army, serving in Palestine as a major in the 39th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
  He was a keen follower of the turf and a racehorse owner. His 33-1 runner "Bomba" won the Ascot Gold Cup in 1909.
  He married Dorothy Mathilde Pinto in 1913. She was 17 years old; he was 35.
  He became a naturalised Briton in 1920, and in 1922 he inherited from Alice de Rothschild the Waddesdon Manor estate of his great-uncle Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, the Liberal Member of Parliament for Aylesbury from 1885 to 1898.
context_section_description: Rothschild continued to support his father's Zionist causes, and donated 6,000,000 Israeli Pounds towards the construction of the Knesset building in Jerusalem, which was completed in 1966.
  When he died in 1957, he bequeathed Waddesdon Manor to the National Trust. His widow Dorothy de Rothschild inherited the surrounding estate, and maintained a strong interest in the house and collections until she died in 1988.
caption: de Rothschild at Longchamp Racecourse in 1928
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