Education
He was educated at King"s College School then went on to Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was educated at King"s College School then went on to Trinity College, Cambridge.
Leopold de Rothschild was the third son and youngest of the five children of Lionel de Rothschild (1808–1879) and Charlotte von Rothschild (1819–1884). Banking career
He entered North M Rothschild & Sons in London, the family"s banking business. He also inherited Ascott House in Ascott, Buckinghamshire.
Public service
He was a Doctor of Laws and Justice of the Peace for the county of Buckinghamshire.
He was also active in the Anglo-Jewish community, serving as vice-president of the Anglo-Jewish Association, chairman of the Jewish Emigration Society, and a treasurer of the London Jewish Board of Deputies. Thoroughbred breeding
An avid sportsman, he established Southcourt Study in Southcote, Bedfordshire.
He assembled a stable of some of the best thoroughbreds in Europe, his horses winning a number of prestigious races including the Epsom Derby, Saint Leger Stakes and the 2,000 Guineas. In the Epsom Derby of 1879 and 1909, his own horses got the cup.
Personal life
She was the daughter of the Trieste merchant Achille Perugia.
Her sister Louise married Arthur Sassoon. The marriage produced three sons:
Lionel Nathan (1882–1942)
Evelyn Achille (1886–1917)
Anthony Gustav (1887–1961)
They resided at Gunnersbury Park, an estate that at one time had been the residence of Princess Amelia, daughter of George World War II The mansion today houses the Gunnersbury Park Museum. An art collector, he owned a number of important paintings by artists such as January Davidszoon de Heem.
In 1912, William Tebbit attempted to assassinate him, firing five shots from a revolver at his vehicle and riddling it with bullets.
On his passing, on 29 May 1917, he was interred in the family plot in the Willesden Jewish Cemetery in the North London suburb of Willesden.