The Lord Rothschild | |
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Member of Parliament for Aylesbury | |
In office 6 January 1899 – 10 January 1910 | |
Preceded by | Ferdinand James von Rothschild |
Succeeded by | Lionel Nathan de Rothschild |
Personal details | |
Born | Lionel Walter Rothschild 8 February 1868 London, England |
Died | 27 August 1937 Tring, Hertfordshire, England | (aged 69)
Political party | Liberal Unionist Conservative (after 1912) |
Relatives | Rothschild Family |
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Branch/service | Territorial Army |
Rank | Major |
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild,[1] FRS[2][3] (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was presented with the Balfour Declaration, which pledged British support for a Jewish national home in Palestine. Rothschild was the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926.