Ferdinand James von Rothschild
British politician
Died when: 59 years 0 days (708 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (17 December 1839 – 17 December 1898), also known as Ferdinand James Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild, was a British Jewish banker, art collector and politician who was a member of the prominent Rothschild family of bankers.
He identified as a Liberal, later Liberal Unionist, and sat as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1898.
Ferdinand had a younger sister, Alice, who like her brother was a keen horticulturalist and collector.She inherited Ferdinand's property, Waddesdon Manor, in 1898 after he died and likewise continued the tradition of using the house as a place to keep his impressive collections.
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