Evelina Gertrude de Rothschild was an English socialite and a member of the Rothschild banking family of England.
Background
Evelina de Rothschild was the daughter of Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879), the first openly unconverted Jew to sit in the British House of Commons. Her mother was Charlotte von Rothschild (1819-1884), a cousin from the Naples branch of the family.
Career
She is buried at the Rothschild Mausoleum in the Jewish Cemetery at West Ham. Her father Lionel assumed sponsorship of the first school for girls in Palestine, which opened in Jerusalem in 1854, and renamed it the Evelina de Rothschild School. Her mother, Charlotte, inaugurated the Evelina Prize, awarded at Jewish elementary schools and Jews" College.