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European family active in the financial world
for two centuries. Mayer Anselm (1744-1812)
set up as a moneylender in Frankfurt-am-Main,
Germany, and business houses were established
throughout Europe by his ten children. Nathan
Mayer (1777-1836) settled in England, and his
grandson Nathaniel (1840-1915) was created a
baron in 1885. Lionel Walter (1868-1937)
succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Rothschild
and was an eminent naturalist. His daughter
Miriam (1908-) is an entomologist, renowned
for her studies of fleas. The 2nd baron's
nephew, Nathaniel (1910-1990), 3rd Baron
Rothschild, was a scientist. During World War
II he worked in British military
intelligence. He was head of the central
policy-review staff in the Cabinet Office
(the `think tank' set up by Edward Heath)
1970-74. Of the French branch, Baron Eric de
Rothschild (1940-) owns Chateau Lafitte and
Baron Philippe de Rothschild (1902-) owns
Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, both leading
claret-producing properties in Pauillac, SW
France.