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    • Nathan Mayer Rothschild (16 September 1777 – 28 July 1836), also known as Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild, was a British-German banker, businessman and financier. Born in Frankfurt am Main, he was the third of the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild and his wife, Guttle (nĂ©e Schnapper). He was the founder of the British branch of the prominent Rothschild fa… See more

    Early life, origins in Frankfurt

    Nathan Mayer Rothschild was born on 16 September 1777 to Mayer Amschel Rothschild and Guttle Schnapper in the See more

    Move to England and involvement in textile trade

    In 1798, at the age of 21, he settled in Manchester, England, and established a business in textile trading and finance. He later moved to London and began dealing on the London Stock Exchange from 1804. He made a fort… See more

    Born16 September 1777 · Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
    Died28 July 1836 (aged 58) · Frankfurt, German Confederation
    SpouseHannah Barent-Cohen (m. 1806)
    ChildrenCharlotte Rothschild · Lionel de Rothschild · Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet · Nathaniel de Rothschild · Hannah Mayer Rothschild · Mayer Amschel de Rothschild · Louise Rothschild
    Gold, securities trading and the Napoleonic Wars

    From 1809, Rothschild began to deal in gold bullion and developed this as a cornerstone of his business, which was to become N. M. Rothschild & Sons. From 1811 on, in negotiation with Commissary-General John Charles Herr… See more

    Family ascent to prominence

    In 1816, his four brothers were raised to the nobility (Adelung) by the Emperor of Austria. They were now permitted to prefix the Rothschild name with the particle von, although outside the German-speaking world it was … See more

    Slavery

    In the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837, Rothschild and his business partner Moses Montefiore loaned the British Government £15 million (worth £1.8 billion in 2025) wit… See more

    Later dealings and death

    In 1835 he secured a contract with the Spanish Government giving him the rights to the Almadén mines in southern Spain, effectively gaining a European mercury monopoly. He died from an infected abscess in … See more

    Legacy

    By the time of his death, his personal net worth amounted to 0.62% of British national income. He had also secured the position of the Rothschilds as the preeminent investment bankers in Britain and … See more

     
  1. Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836)

    Nathan Mayer Rothschild was born in Frankfurt at the house of the Hinterpfann on 16 September 1777. In the intervening 59 years, Nathan Mayer Rothschild (the name he never changed in spite of honours offered and declined) led his …

     
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