Dorothy de Rothschild

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Dorothy de Rothschild

Dorothy de Rothschild (1895 – 1988) was an English

England

Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable organization....
and activist for Jew

Jew

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ish affairs who married into the Rothschild international financial dynasty.

Born Dorothy Mathilde Pinto, and known to her friends as "Dolly", she married James Armand de Rothschild

James Armand de Rothschild

James Armand Edmond de Rothschild, Distinguished Conduct Medal, DL, was a French-born United Kingdom politician and philanthropist, from the wealthy Rothschild family international banking dynasty....
(known as Jimmy) at the age of 17 in 1913. He was 35 years old, the son of Edmond James de Rothschild

Edmond James de Rothschild

Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild was a France member of the Rothschild family. A strong supporter of Zionism, his genorous donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years which helped lead to the establishment of the Israel....
of the Paris branch of the Rothschild family. In 1922 James de Rothschild inherited Waddesdon Manor

Waddesdon Manor

Waddesdon Manor is a English country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French ch?teau between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild ....
in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England home counties Counties of England in South East England England....
.

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Dorothy de Rothschild (1895 – 1988) was an English

England

Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable organization....
and activist for Jew

Jew

James Armand de Rothschild

Edmond James de Rothschild

Waddesdon Manor

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England home counties Counties of England in South East England England....
. This became their country home. They also had a London house in St James's Square.

Dorothy de Rothschild assisted her husband in his political campaigns, particularly from 1929 to 1945 when he was Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
for the Isle of Ely

Isle of Ely (UK Parliament constituency)

Isle of Ely was a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, centred on the Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire....
constituency.

After his death in 1957, Waddesdon Manor was bequeathed to the National Trust

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
, but the surrounding estate and small mansion at Eythrope

Eythrope

Eythrope is a hamlet and country house in the parish of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the south east of the main village of Waddesdon, and is the present home of a branch of the Rothschild family....
in Buckinghamshire were retained by Mrs. de Rothschild. She remained a strong influence on the preservation and development of the house and collections at Waddesdon.

Dorothy de Rothschild continued the Zionist

Zionism

Zionism is the international Jewish political movement that originally supported the reestablishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in Palestine....
interests of her father-in-law and husband, and was a close friend of Chaim Weizmann

Chaim Weizmann

Chaim Azriel Weizmann, , was a Zionism leader, President of the World Zionist Organization, and the first President of the State of Israel. He was Israeli presidential election, 1949 on 1 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952....
. She became chairman of Yad Hanadiv, the Rothschild family charities in Israel, and saw through her husband's gift of funds to build the Knesset

Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
and her own gift of the Supreme Court of Israel

Supreme Court of Israel

The Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. It is the highest judicial instance. The Supreme Court sits in Jerusalem....
building.

At her death in 1988, she left £94,117,964, the largest probated estate to that date in England and Wales.

External links

, New York Times, December 13, 1988

Sources

Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 12 December 1988
Mrs James de Rothschild - Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor (Collins, 1979) ISBN 0-00-216671-2