Anthony Gustav de Rothschild Anthony Gustav de Rothschild ( 26 June 1887 – 5 February 1961 ) was a British banker and member of the Rothschild banking family . Born in London , England , he was the third and youngest of the three sons of Leopold de Rothschild ( 1845 – 1917 ) and Marie Perugia ( 1862 – 1937 ) . A part of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England , he was educated at Harrow School and the University of Cambridge where he secured a Double First in history . At the outbreak of World War I Anthony de Rothschild and his brother Evelyn joined the British Army . While serving with the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry , Anthony was wounded during the Battle of Gallipoli but brother Evelyn died of combat injuries suffered at the 1917 Battle of Mughar Ridge . On 5 December 1920 , Captain Anthony de Rothschild unveiled the War Memorial in the churchyard of All Saints Church at Wing , Buckinghamshire honoring his brother and his Wing comrades killed in World War I . Leopold de Rothschild died in early 1917 and the following year when the War ended , Anthony became one of the managing partners of the family ' s N M Rothschild & Sons banking house in London . Anthony inherited Ascott House in Ascott , Buckinghamshire . In 1926 , he married Yvonne Cahen d ' Anvers ( 1899 – 1977 ) . They had the following children : Anthony de Rothschild was a major force in not only British finance but internationally as well . With brother Lionel having more interest in developing his Exbury Gardens than banking , under Anthony ' s direction , in 1953 N M Rothschild & Sons led a syndicate that formed the British Newfoundland Development Corporation to undertake mineral exploration in Labrador , Canada and to develop the Churchill Falls hydro - electric station . Anthony de Rothschild liked exotic luxury automobiles . He purchased a 1934 Hispano - Suiza K6 and a J12 model for himself and his wife . Their vehicles can now be found in the hands of an American collector and were displayed at the 2004 Pebble Beach Concours d ' Elegance for the Hispano - Suiza anniversary . Thoroughbred racing . Like his father , Anthony de Rothschild liked Thoroughbred horse racing and inherited the Southcourt Stud breeding farm at Ascott House . He continued to operate the racing stable and breeding operation . Among his racing success , he won the 1919 Grand Prix de Paris with Galloper Light and the 1926 1 , 000 Guineas Stakes with Pillion . Rothschild also bred Midstream whose wins include the Criterion Stakes , and who was the Leading sire in Australia in 1948 , 1951 , 1952 . Anthony de Rothschild inherited the works of art at Ascott House from his father and added to the collections with the acquisition of a vast array of books , English furniture , paintings , and more than 400 pieces of Chinese ceramics . In 1937 , in memory of his mother who died that year , he donated the Anthony van Dyck painting , " Abbé Scaglia adoring the Virgin and Child " to the National Gallery . Also in his large collection was the 1839 J . M . W . Turner painting " Cicero at his Villa " . In December 1938 Rothschild was appointed chairman of the Emigration ( Planning ) Committee , a subcommittee of the Council for German Jewry . The organization had been created in 1936 with the goal of helping German Jews to leave Germany . During World War II he helped organize a safe place for Edvard Beneš to live at The Abbey , Aston Abbotts . In 1941 the German Luftwaffe bombed the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea , London and Anthony de Rothschild brought a group of elderly pensioners to live at Ascott for the remainder of the War . In 1949 Anthony de Rothschild donated Ascott House together with the its art collections to the National Trust . The donation also included the surrounding of land plus an endowment for its upkeep . Anthony de Rothschild retired as head of the N M Rothschild & Sons banking house in 1961 and was succeeded by his son , Evelyn de Rothschild . He was active in preserving records of his family until his death . Among his legacies is the Anthony de Rothschild Prize in Surgery and the 1996 gift by his son of the Anthony de Rothschild Building , home of the Buckingham Business School and the Department of Economics and International Studies at the University of Buckingham . The Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre , at St Mary ' s Campus , Imperial College School of Medicine in London is named in his honour .