Ferdinand de Rothschild

Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild
Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
In office 18 July 1885 – 17 December 1898
Preceded by	Nathan Rothschild
Succeeded by	Walter Rothschild
Personal details
Born	17 December 1839 Paris, France
Died	17 December 1898 (aged 59) Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, England
Nationality	British
Spouse	Evelina de Rothschild ​ ​ (m. 1865)​
Occupation	Banker

Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (17 December 1839 – 17 December 1898), also known as Ferdinand James Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild, was a British banker, art collector and politician who was a member of the Rothschild family of bankers. He identified as a Liberal, later Liberal Unionist,^[1] 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 collections.