The drama series is understood to be in development with Sky Atlantic. Members of this branch of the family were also awarded with the title of Baron in Britain and thus belong to British nobility. The Old Etonian also has two young children, Eliza and Arlo, with catering company boss Jemima Jones, who he married two years after the split. "Iris was a complete firecracker - an absolute delight," they told the newspaper. The Macmillan takeover is critical to Maxwell's standing as a world-class mogul. ''It left a bitter taste in their mouth, I'm sure.''. Maxwell then made a halfhearted lunge at Bell & Howell before moving on to Macmillan. The whole situation is very sad.. Iris was also the niece of Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith and Jemima Khan, Ben's two siblings.
These boys are the hands down winners of World Book Day. No other family in the annals of finance can match the Rothschild record for influencing the course of history, or its Machiavellian instincts for economic opportunity. Under heavy counterattack from K.K.R., Maxwell has been pushed to $87 a share. Goldsmith is a long-standing funder of the Green Party, including giving 20,000 in 2004 to the UK Green Party and again prior to the 2010 General Election in which Caroline Lucas became Britain's first elected Green Member of Parliament. An heir to the Chicago Carson Pirie Scott department-store fortune, and a nephew of Adlai Stevenson, he was educated at Hotchkiss and at Harvard College and Law School. Ben Goldsmith and his daughter Iris pictured together in 2017. ''K.K.R. 's Henry Kravis, the financier whom Wall Street has dubbed the new J. P. Morgan, is on the phone. Iris Annabel Goldsmith, one of three children of Mr Goldsmith and his former wife Ms Rothschild, died at their family farm in the village of North Brewham, Somerset on Monday, according to reports. The aim of Nattergal is to acquire agriculturally marginal land on which to facilitate nature recovery at scale using rewilding, based upon the learning of over 20 years at Knepp Wildland, while demonstrating a sustainable financial return. One neighbour said the death of the 15-year-old - who had reportedly been riding the vehicle with a friend - had left the small community "devastated". Ben Goldsmith and Kate Rothschild, who married in 2003, have three children, Leicester batter Bath and give Steve Borthwick food for thought, Rishi Sunak to host Coronation Big Lunch at Downing Street, Erik ten Hag: Man Utd were a mess with no rules Casemiro has helped sort them out, How Ollie Lawrence became England's missing piece, Harlequins set attendance record but rampant Exeter spoil Twickenham party, Marcus Smith sends England message to Steve Borthwick with man-of-the-match performance. The Belzbergs made a tender offer, and after outbidding three contenders, they prevailed. Iris Annabel was an heir to both the Goldsmith and Rothschild dynasties two powerful families who have had great influence in the world of politics and finance. Along with a sweet picture of his daughter, he wrote: "Dear God, please can I have my beautiful, brilliant, kind little girl back, please God. Believe me, both sides have good lawyers and this is not an amicable situation. Indeed, some estimate that the divorce could cost many hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal fees. He has pushed the Rothschilds one step closer to the promised land of M.& A. In a strange twist, Ben's brother, Zac Goldsmith, Tory MP for Richmond, married Kate's sister, Alice Rothschild, with whom he had an affair during his marriage to his first wife, Sheherazade .
The untold story of the the Rothschild women is told in a new book For more stories like this, check our news page. If Maxwell succeeds in capturing the publishing company, the Rothschilds'. You are here: / Rothschild family papers / Related family papers / Related family papers: Goldschmidt-Rothschild family. Iris is also the daughter of heiress Kate Rothschild and niece of Zac Goldsmith . This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. But not a word has been heard from the board of directors. When did World Book Day become more about ridiculous costumes than reading? Ben Goldsmith and Kate Rothschild, who married in 2003, have three children Credit: Photo: Justin Sutcliffe It seemed a marriage made in heaven. I love her so so much and Im so proud of her. It is a matter of regret to us that, at a time when our emotions and those of our friends have run high, things have been said in public which should have been kept private. Since then, almost every merger has involved a lawsuit. Rothschild Research Forum designed and developed by CBJ Digital Ltd. Related family papers: Goldschmidt-Rothschild family, Birds, bugs & botany: the Rothschilds & Science, Related family papers: Bischoffsheim family, Related family papers: Cahen d'Anvers family, Related family papers: Fould-Springer family, Related family papers: de Koenigswarter family, Related family papers: Primrose family (Earls of Rosebery), Related family papers: Schey von Koromla family, Related family papers: van Zuylen de Nyevelt family. gradually increased its holdings in Santa Fe from 6 percent to just under 20 percent. ''We've been in business for 200 years,'' says Evelyn de Rothschild, the 57-year-old chairman of N. M. Rothschild & Sons, the clan's London bank. The teenager's loss has been felt by many, with her former school principal, James Hooke, paying tribute to Iris, saying that the school is "united in its grief over the tragic and sad news of the passing of its former pupil Iris Goldsmith." . Clients of N. M. Rothschild in London, they were on the prowl for American industrial booty. It seemed a marriage made in heaven. Family member Jemima Khan has asked for privacy while Iris' loved ones deal with this "devastating family tragedy". Archive sources. In January 1985, the Canadian raiders landed their prey for $520 million, a price the Street considered excessive. The Goldschmidt family is a family of German Jewish descent, originally from Frankfurt am Main, known for their success in banking and finance. Ben Goldsmith and wife Jemima have welcomed a baby girl, nine months after the tragic death of Ben's 15-year-old daughter Iris. 6 of our favourite bags from the luxe new accessories label to know, Win 10,000 to kickstart your fashion career, 5 new spring denim cuts to flatter your figure. Iris was a high flying student at Wycombe Abbey, a 12,980-a-term independent girls boarding school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. See also The Goldschmidts, Anthony Allfrey (London: privately published, 1996), a copy of which is in the Reading Room. All the family are rallying round Ben and Kate.. Contacted yesterday, Lady Annabel said: ''I dont want to be rude, but I dont want to make any comment whatsoever., Jemima Khan responded via her BlackBerry: ''Sorry I cant discuss this. On weekends, Pirie retreats to his 100-acre estate north of Boston. Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Has A Net Worth Of $20 Billion. She was the first-born child of millionaire financier Ben and his ex-wife Kate Emma Rothschild, who are believed to have a combined fortune of more than 300million.
The Richest Living Members Of The Rothschild Family, Ranked By - MSN He advises his client that K.K.R. Liste der von der Stadt Frankfurt/Main zurckgegebenen Gegenstnde aus der Sammlung des Freiherrn Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, 29 February 1949, being a list(in German) of the collections of Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild returned by the Frankfurt authorities, 1949. Management countered with a buyout offer at $70 a share and gave Merrill Lynch an option to buy two divisions, the company's crown jewels, if a takeover by an outsider succeeded. Ben Goldsmith's daughter Iris killed in shocking off-road vehicle accident. The Rothschild family is a European family of German Jewish origin that established European banking and finance houses from the late eighteenth century. He was released without charge after accepting a caution, before taking their three children on holiday with his mother, Lady Annabel. Pirie's secretary hurries into the office to announce that K.K.R. Kate Emma Rothschild (born 1982) who married Ben Goldsmith, a son of the late billionaire Sir James Goldsmith and Lady Annabel Goldsmith ), in 2003 at St. Mary's Church in Bury St. Edmunds. "[30] Working with James Wallace of the Beaver Trust, in 2021 Goldsmith helped instigate a progressive nature restoration programme, a farm payment scheme 'Woodlands for Water' to pay landowners to create thousands of hectares of new woodland buffers along rivers through a partnership between Defra, Forestry Commission and four NGOs, National Trust, Woodland Trust, Rivers Trust and Beaver Trust. Police and ambulance crews were called to the address at around 3.15pm, and a report into the death - which is not being treated as suspicious - is being prepared for the coroner. Goldsmith is chair of the Conservative Environment Network (CEN) which was founded in 2010. Salomon and James financed the railways of Austria and France. [15] In 2014 Goldsmith oversaw the demerger of WHEB's private and public equity businesses, with the former rebranding Alpina Partners. Then there were the matching fortunes: this was a union between a Rothschild banking dynasty heiress and a scion of the Goldsmith clan two of the richest families in Europe and both individually valued at several hundred millions of pounds. Later that year, Goldsmith gave Rothschild Inc. a second chance when he decided to move on Crown Zellerbach Corporation, a forest-products company with vast timber reserves. With only $40 million in capital, Pirie made a tactical decision: to offer clients advice only. Pirie turned to his Rolodex and began calling his Skadden contacts. As Reichmann's grip on the company tightened, Pirie met periodically with Santa Fe executives to discuss restructuring the company. The titanic struggle has been resolved.'' Her husbands fears were realised when, a friend says, he found texts and email messages between Rothschild and Jay Electronica, who is one of her clients. Goldsmith gained control of the company for $570 million, less than half the price he originally expected to pay. "Ben and Kate are completely devastated. The dishes have been cleared away but the banker, having lunched on turbot quenelles, partridge and tarte tatin, washed down with the house wine (Chateau Lafite-Rothschild '79), remains at the table, sipping claret and puffing on his third Davidoff cigar of the last hour. Two identical copies of the Exhibition and auction catalogue,Die Sammlung Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild(Hermann Ball and Paul Graupe, Berlin, 1931).
Ben Goldsmith and Kate Rothschild divorce is settled in 65 seconds Ben's sister, Jemima Khan, took to Instagram to reveal the happy. Pirie's militant reputation impressed the Rothschilds and, as arbiters of sybaritic taste, they also warmed to his princely life style. Administrative records, correspondence, denazification orders, custody receipts, property cards, Jewish restitution claim records, property declarations, and other records from the Munich CCP). Khan also knows a thing or two about dynastic families, having been born Jemima Goldsmith, the eldest child of Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart and banker Sir James Goldsmith, whose family made its money in merchant banking in the 16th century. "We love you," added Nicky Hilton, who has been longtime friends with the family . Pirie's secretary reappears. 's newsletter, you acknowledge that you have read and accepted hellomagazine.com's privacy policy, the cookies policy, and the website terms of use, and that you consent to hellomagazine.com using your data according to the established laws. They have three children. The birth also comes just over a year after Ben welcomed his third child with his second wife, Jemima Jones, 34. Anyone can read what you share. 10 Mar 2010, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry, Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry, "Ben Goldsmith's Official Profile on The Marque", Ben Goldsmith: it's possible to be green and conservative, "Ben Goldsmith admits Twitter spat with wife Kate Rothschild was wrong", "Ben Goldsmith and Kate Rothschild divorce is settled in 65 seconds", "Interview with Wild By Tart's Jemima Jones and Lucy Carr-Ellison", "Ben Goldsmith and wife Jemima welcome a baby girl", Iris Goldsmith: Father pays tribute to 'beautiful little girl', "Ben Goldsmith comes clean: lies, rewilding and the death of daughter Iris", Leading sustainable investor WHEB on its new branding, "The Goldsmith supremacy: London's most compelling dynasty", "Why Ben Goldsmith is downplaying his fund's three-year milestone", Ben Goldsmith on fixing the environmental crisis through philanthropy, Benjamin Goldsmith profile at World Economic Forum, Funding for the future: how all grant-makers can help to create a greener world, "Philanthropists urged to catalyse environmental action", "Gove risks new Whitehall row over choice of DEFRA directors", "Michael Gove facing questions over appointment of Tory donor Ben Goldsmith to Defra board", "Ben Goldsmith too urban for rural affairs, say Tory MPs", "Riverbanks and watercourses to be planted with new woodland", David Cameron's environmentalism will succeed where Labour's failed, Ben Goldsmith: The Green Revolutionary.
The former couple are also parents to two sons, Frank, 13, and 11-year-old Isaac. Iris, niece of James Rothschildand Nicky Hilton Rothschildanda bridesmaid at the couple's Kensington Palace wedding, suffered the fatal crash on Monday. The Belzbergs had established a reputation as greenmailers. According to a lawyer who has opposed Pirie, ''There had been other street sweeps but this was the first time anyone issued an invitation to go to court.''. "Welcome home, Vita Iris Goldsmith - my perfect little niece who left hospital today after a terrifying two weeks in the ICU & thanks to the brilliant doctors and nurses, a miraculous recovery. With origins tracing back to the 15th century, most members were forced to leave Frankfurt after the 1614 Fettmilch uprising, and did not return until the 18th century. They will fight over the kettle and the teapot! In Paris, Guy de Rothschild's son, David, is leading a new Rothschild bank into the brave new world of hotly contested mergers. During World War II, the Nazis forced the closing of the Rothschild bank in Vienna and looted their priceless art collections in France. Although the other woman was never named, he was quickly linked to Alice .
Ben Goldsmith's daughter, 15, killed in shocking off-road vehicle Indeed, the Goldsmiths have plenty of experience in marriage breakdowns. The founder of a green investment business, Goldsmith is said to be now worth 300 million. The 15-year-old is the daughter of financier Ben Goldsmith and Kate Rothschild, the heiress to the Rothschild banking empire. Last April, Ben's sister, Jemima Khan, took to Instagram to reveal the happy news, showing off two gorgeous photos of the newborn posing with her dad, Ben, and mum, Jemima. Ben and Kate are completely devastated. If you wish to change your mind and would like to stop receiving communications from hellomagazine.com, you can revoke your consent by clicking on "unsubscribe" in the footer of the newsletter. His brother Ben Goldsmith (b.1980), married Kate Emma Rothschild (b.1982), daughter of Amschel Rothschild (19551996). Known as Ben-Ben by his family and born when his mother was 46, Goldsmith provided solace for Lady Annabel when her first-born son, Rupert [by first husband Mark Birley], disappeared off the coast of West Africa while swimming in 1986. In 1981, the law firm had advised the three Belzberg brothers of Vancouver when they made an abortive run on Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, the Wall Street brokerage house.
78 Goldsmith Kate Rothschild Premium High Res Photos - Getty Images In 2015 Goldsmith launched Menhaden Capital, a thematic investment trust focused on efficient energy and resource use. Her fledgling music career with Roundtable Records led to an ''increasingly nocturnal lifestyle. We send our sincerest condolences to the Rothschild and Goldsmith families. There was precedent for such a move. The former couple were left "completely devastated" by the death in July 2019. Zacs is still not resolved, which shows just how complex the financial issues are. See also the monumental genealogy of the Rothschild banking family,Le Sang des Rothschildby Joseph Valynseele and Henri Mars (ICC Editions, Paris, 2004). Gordon White extended the daisy chain by touting Rothschild Inc. to his friend Robert Maxwell. Later Rothschild scions bankrolled Disraeli's purchase of the Suez Canal and backed Cecil Rhodes's diamond ventures in South Africa. A family friend told the Mail: This is the most awful accident. The first assignment White entrusted to the firm was the seizing of SCM, the old Smith-Corona typewriter company. If you wish to change your mind and would like to stop receiving communications from hellomagazine.com, you can revoke your consent by clicking on "unsubscribe" in the footer of the newsletter. Included in the accession is a reproduction of a document from the Ardelia Hall Collection, in the United States National Archives & Records Administration. In May 1987, shortly after signing on with Rothschild Inc., Maxwell offered $1.7 billion for Harcourt, a bid that dwarfed the prices previously paid for American publishing properties by foreign buyers. "[24], In 2016 Goldsmith was appointed a trustee of the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, one of the largest environmental foundations in Europe, founded by financier and philanthropist Chris Hohn. Avon and Somerset Police have said the entire family of Iris have requested privacy "during this difficult time". A post shared by Jemima Goldsmith (@khanjemima), Jemima shared several pictures of the newborn, including a picture with his father Paul, 'I'm so excited to meet the little boy tomorrow afternoon.". Philanthropy The teenager is the niece of Tory MP Zac Goldsmith and documentary producer Jemima Khan, the former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Goldsmith was a distant cousin and longtime business associate of the Rothschilds. By registering to HELLO! He also backed Marco Pierre Whites private dining club, Drones. Rothschild, who began her relationship with Goldsmith when she was 17, has been enjoying rather different interests of late to the familys usual society pursuits. Ben Goldsmith's 15-year-old daughter has been killed in a quad bike accident at the family's farm in Somerset. Exhibition and auction catalogue, Kunstwerke aus dem Besitz Baron Albert von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, (Hermann Ball and Paul Graupe, Berlin, 1933). The teenager was the heiress to two of Britain's most powerful dynasties the Goldsmith and the Rothschild families. There will be no further comment, directly or indirectly, from us on any aspect of our familys private life., Goldsmith and Rothschild have deleted many of their Twitter messages and both families appear to be battening down the hatches. The Piries have been guests of the royal family at Windsor Castle. Indeed, at the 2003 society wedding of Kate Rothschild and Ben Goldsmith, it appeared the young couple had the world at their feet. William Jovanovich was enraged. Carl bolstered the Holy See with loans. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy.
How Zac Goldsmith's womanising ended his first marriage and - mirror Pirie reaches for the telephone and begins lining up witnesses for deposition. Across the Quotron screen the news flashes: Macmillan has agreed to sell four of its most profitable businesses to K.K.R. Meanwhile, Alice Rothschild, whose mother was a member of the Guinness brewing family, married Zac Goldsmith, a baron and a former conservative MP who ran for mayor of London in 2016, while. Dynastic pride as much as money is at stake. Except for that one lacuna - the United States. He told the Daily Mail "the whole village has been affected" by the tragedy, which a family friend said had left the two parents "numbed to their core". Entrepreneurship, Environment & Impressions from Israel Centre for Jewish Life Business Forum, "Ben Goldsmith gets behind his brother's campaign: 'back Zac or crack!' Starting from the Frankfurt ghetto at the end of the 18th century, the Rothschilds amassed legendary wealth and power as financiers to Europe's royal houses and industrial developers. Pirie pointed them toward Scovill Corporation, an appliance manufacturer. He is repped by UTA and 42. He was said to have slapped his wife and kicked a toy at her, at which point she called the police. They divorced in April 2013. 2008). The former couple - who have two sons, Frank, 13, and Isaac, 11 - are worth hundreds of millions of pounds and hail from two of the most powerful families in the UK. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/04/magazine/meagdealer-for-the-rothschilds.html. Pirie's forte is collecting rare books, with a particular emphasis on 16th- and 17th-century literature. Arranging takeovers for high-profile clients guarantees maximum fees and maximum publicity for an investment bank. She was the first-born child of millionaire financier Ben and his ex-wife Kate Emma Rothschild, who are believed to have a combined fortune of more than 300million. N. M. Rothschild ranks among the top 10 investment banks in the merger activity heating up in London and has carved a niche in the privatization sector created by the Thatcher government. In the confrontation that followed, 31-year-old Goldsmith was arrested at the couples 20 million home in Kensington, on suspicion of actual bodily harm. [7], The couple were married for nine years and had three children: Iris Annabel (20042019), Frank James Amschel (b. ", Iris Annabel Goldsmith: Teen niece of Zac Goldsmith and Jemima Khan dies in 'quad bike crash', Iris Annabel (pictured in 2015) was described as 'beautiful, charming and intelligent', Ben Goldsmith and Kate Rothschild were married in 2003, Jemima Khan is the former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith is the uncle of Iris Annabel. Through Rothschild Inc.'s trading department, which Pirie had set up for the family's extensive bullion operations but also to implement contested takeovers, Goldsmith started accumulating Crown . Autonomy ended abruptly during the summer of 1981. It occurred to Cohen that Pirie might be the man to work with his bosses, the Reichmann family. Only the five arrows remain; they represent the sons of the Frankfurt coin dealer, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who dispatched them to the capitals of Europe just in time to cash in on the turmoil caused by the Napoleonic wars. Bens older brother is Tory MP Zac Goldsmith and his sister is documentary and film producer Jemima Khan, the former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Kate Rothschild welcomes baby boy two years after losing daughter in tragic accident, Ben Goldsmith posts moving tribute to late daughter Iris. In the spring of 1984, Pirie approached Sir James Goldsmith, the Anglo-French financier, with a plan to acquire the Continental Group, a Connecticut-based packaging conglomerate. With origins tracing back to the 15th century, most members were forced to leave Frankfurt after the 1614 Fettmilch uprising, and did not return until the 18th century. ", 6 of our favourite bags from the luxe new accessories label to know, Win 10,000 to kickstart your fashion career, 5 new spring denim cuts to flatter your figure. He added: "She was a kind, gentle and caring student who adored her school and her friends, and was impeccably behaved. The British-French financier Sir James Goldsmith formed a partnership with Jacob Rothschild, a member of the European banking family, to make takeover bids. The media mogul is sequestered with Government officials at the Elysee Palace and not taking calls. He was found hanged after a business meeting, and his death, when Kate was 14, remains unexplained. Goldsmith refused to be intimidated. His brother Ben Goldsmith (b.1980), married Kate Emma Rothschild (b.1982), daughter of Amschel Rothschild (1955-1996). The family saga is one of the ultimate rags-to-riches tales, set against the backdrop of war and revolution.
Rothschild family papers | Guide to the Archive Crown's management had fortified itself with a complex poison-pill defense to take effect when a raider acquired 20 percent of its shares. The English branch of the family Anglicised their name to Goldsmith, starting with Frank Goldsmith (18781967). And Sheherazade Ventura-Bentley, remember, brought little fortune to her marriage, unlike Rothschild which gives some indication of how much more protracted this battle will be. The venerable Rothschild and Goldsmith families are in mourning after 15-year-old Iris Goldsmith daughter of Ben Goldsmith and his ex-wife Kate Emma Rothschild, whose marriage united the twofinancial dynasties was killed in a quad bike accident on her family's farm in England. ''As for Jay Electronica he saved my life in many ways and I am eternally grateful to him and hope that I can repay him by helping him, as his manager and friend., In response to a flurry of criticism on the internet, she posted: ''This is the darkest time of my life; a weaker woman would be broken by your cruel, ignorant condemnations.. Through Rothschild Inc.'s trading department, which Pirie had set up for the family's extensive bullion operations but also to implement contested takeovers, Goldsmith started accumulating Crown stock in the open market.
Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Albert Maximilian (1879-1941) married Miriam Caroline Alexandrinede Rothschild (1884-1965) (his mother Minnas second cousin) in 1910. Goldsmith branded her behaviour ''appalling and lapped up commiserating messages from the Twitterati. ", On Thursday, Iris' father posted a devastating message on social media where he expressed the unfathomable pain he is going through. [33] In subsequent years, Goldsmith has also contributed to the UK Conservative Party as well as individual candidates like Conservative MP Michael Gove and the so-called "Notting Hill set of Conservative modernisers". Iris was a complete firecracker an absolute delight. During the hearing that lasted just seconds, Zac admitted adultery. And he has.
Genealogy of the Rothschild family - Wikipedia Goldman Sachs, for example, has sold an equity position in its firm to Sumitomo Bank for $500 million. Pirie advised White to drop his tender offer. Ben Goldsmith and his family have been left "completely devastated" by the death of his 15-year-old daughter, who has been killed in an off-road vehicleaccident on the family's farm in Somerset. The half brother of Lord (Jacob) Rothschild, he was being groomed to take over the family bank, NM Rothschild, from his second cousin Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. On 6 September 1903, Maximilian Goldschmidt was elevated to the title of Baron von Goldschmidt-Rothschild in Prussia, by Emperor Wilhelm II. Its a very sensitive time. [1], The family was interwoven particularly with the Rothschild family, the Bischoffsheim family of Mainz,[2] and with the Bartolome Family, one of the richest families of Monaco. [3] Influenced by his older brother Zac, he has a passion for the environment inherited from their father, who, towards the end of his life, was one of Europe's most prominent founders of green causes, including campaigns against genetically modified food. 's newsletter, you acknowledge that you have read and accepted hellomagazine.com's privacy policy, the cookies policy, and the website terms of use, and that you consent to hellomagazine.com using your data according to the established laws. As he breached the barrier for setting off the defense, the potential for a white knight's coming to Crown's rescue diminished and investors lost interest in bidding up the stock. The combination of financial muscle and tough talk forced Santa Fe to award O.&Y. The Rothschild family is a wealthy Jewish family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse . should their merger deal fall through. Meanwhile, his cousin, Evelyn, chairman of N. M. Rothschild in London, was flexing his muscles after defeating another English cousin, Jacob Rothschild, in a struggle over use of the family name.