Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
| Barony of Rothschild |
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 Quarterly: 1st, Or an eagle displayed Sable langued Gules; 2nd, Azure issuing from the sinister flank an arm embowed proper grasping five arrows points downward Argent; 3rd, Azure issuing from the dexter flank an arm embowed proper grasping five arrows points downward Argent; 4th, Or a Lion rampant Gules; over all an escutcheon Gules charged with an oval target with pointed center Argent per bend sinister |
| Creation date | 29 June 1885 |
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| Created by | Queen Victoria |
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| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
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| First holder | Sir Nathan Rothschild, Bt |
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| Present holder | Nathaniel Rothschild |
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| Remainder to | Heirs male of the body of the first baron; failing, heirs male of the sons of the first baron's brother |
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| Former seat(s) | Tring Park Mansion |
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| Motto | Concordia, Integritas, Industria (Latin for 'Harmony, Integrity, Industry')[1] |
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Baron Rothschild, of Tring in the County of Hertfordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1885 for Sir Nathan Rothschild, 2nd Baronet, a member of the Rothschild banking family.[2] He was the first Jewish member of the House of Lords not to have previously converted to Christianity. The current holder of the title is Nathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild, who inherited the barony in February 2024.
History
The Rothschild baronetcy, of Grosvenor Place, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1847 for Anthony de Rothschild, a banker and politician, with remainder to the male issue of his elder brother, Lionel de Rothschild, the first ever practicing Jewish Member of Parliament.[3] Both Anthony and Lionel were sons of the influential financier Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), founder of the English branch of the Rothschild family.
The first Baronet was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the aforementioned second Baronet,[4] who was elevated to the peerage in 1885. Although other ethnic Jews such as Sampson Eardley and Benjamin Disraeli had already received peerages, both were brought up as Christians from childhood, and Eardley's Irish peerage did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. Rothschild was thus the first practicing Jew to sit in the House of Lords.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, Walter, the second Baron. He was a banker and politician but is best remembered for his interest in zoology. He died without male issue and his brother had predeceased him, so upon his death, the titles passed to his nephew Victor, the third Baron. He was the only son of the Hon. Charles Rothschild.
As of 2024[update], the titles are held by the fourth Baron's son, Nathaniel, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2024.[1]
Austrian title
In 1822, the hereditary title of Freiherr (baron) of the Austrian Empire was granted in the Austrian nobility by Emperor Francis I of Austria to the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild.[5] In 1838, Queen Victoria authorized the use of this Austrian baronial title in the United Kingdom by Lionel de Rothschild and certain other members of the Rothschild family.[6][7] However, the use of such foreign titles in the United Kingdom was subsequently limited by a warrant of 27 April 1932.[8]
Barons Rothschild (1885)
Line of succession
According to the rules of inheritance of British peerages, the title is passed to the closest male heir (usually the eldest 'legitimate' son), bypassing any daughters or other female family members.
- James Amschel Victor Rothschild (b. 1985), nephew of the fourth Baron.[1]
- son (b. 2022), grand-nephew of the fourth Baron.[1]
There are no other living male-line descendants of the first Baron (so the succession currently ends there); but there are living male-line descendants of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild who are in remainder to the baronetcy only. Those in positions (3) to (8) below are these descendants:
