((Short description|English peer, investment banker and philanthropist (1936–2024)))
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'''Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild''', ((post-nominals|country=GBR|OM|GBE|CVO|sep=,|size=100%)) (29 April 1936 – 26 February 2024), was a [[British peer]], [[investment bank]]er and member of the [[Rothschild family|Rothschild]] [[List of banking families|banking family]]. Rothschild held important roles in business and British public life, and was active in charitable and philanthropic areas.

He was the eldest son of [[Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild]]. Raised in a background that intertwined Jewish heritage with the tenets of [[Orthodox Judaism]] through his mother's conversion, Rothschild's education spanned from Eton College to [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he performed well in history. His early life was marked by membership of the [[Bullingdon Club]] and familial connections, including half-siblings [[Emma Rothschild]] and [[Amschel Rothschild]].

Rothschild's business career started at [[N M Rothschild & Sons]] in London, though a familial dispute led to his departure in 1980. Despite relinquishing his stake in the family bank, he maintained influence through the Rothschild Investment Trust, now [[RIT Capital Partners]] plc, among other ventures. Notable business activities included founding J. Rothschild Assurance Group with [[Mark Weinberg]] and participating in high-profile bids and partnerships. His tenure as Deputy Chairman of [[BSkyB]] Television and involvement with [[RHJ International]] and [[Blackstone Inc.]] highlighted Rothschild's diverse business interests, leading to a Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] honour in 2020, for services to the [[Duchy of Cornwall]].

Rothschild was married to [[Serena Mary Dunn]], with whom he had four children, continuing the Rothschild legacy. His philanthropic efforts were extensive, chairing and contributing to art and heritage organizations, notably the [[National Gallery]] and the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]] in the UK. Rothschild's participation in restoring [[Waddesdon Manor]] and engagement with the [[Butrint Foundation]] in Albania showed his interest to cultural preservation. His chairmanship of [[Yad Hanadiv]] reflected his commitment to philanthropy in [[Israel]]. Under his leadership, the organization went beyond funding national landmarks and began to focus on education initiatives, environmental pursuits and advancing equal opportunity for [[Arab citizens of Israel|Israel's Arab minority]].

==Early life and education==
Born at [[School of Pythagoras|Merton Hall]] in [[Cambridge]] on 29 April 1936,<ref name=Times>((cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-rothschild-om-obituary-p3jpftgnh |title=Lord Rothschild OM obituary |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=26 February 2024 |access-date=26 February 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226193704/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-rothschild-om-obituary-p3jpftgnh |url-status=live))</ref><ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=O1i%2FmHO1y0VupwY%2F%2FPKxqw&scan=1 |title=Index entry |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=FreeBMD |publisher=ONS |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226154620/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=O1i/mHO1y0VupwY//PKxqw&scan=1 |url-status=live))</ref> Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild was the eldest son of [[Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild]], by his first wife Barbara Judith Rothschild (née Hutchinson).<ref name=Telegraph>((cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/02/26/baron-jacob-rothschild-rit-capital-waddesdon-banking |title=Lord Rothschild, brilliant financier who applied his creative brain to arts and heritage – obituary |date=26 February 2024 |access-date=26 February 2024 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url-access=subscription |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226155041/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/02/26/baron-jacob-rothschild-rit-capital-waddesdon-banking/ |url-status=live))</ref> His father was born into a Jewish family, while his mother [[Conversion to Judaism|converted]] to [[Orthodox Judaism]] when they married.<ref name=nos>((cite book |last=Perry |first=Roland |title=The fifth man |publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson |year=1994 |page=48 |isbn=978-0283062162))</ref> Rothschild was educated at [[Eton College]] and then at [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he gained a [[British undergraduate degree classification|First]] in history, tutored by [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]].<ref name=autogenerated1>((cite book |last=Rose |first=Kenneth |year=2003 |title=Elusive Rothschild: the Life of Victor, Third Baron |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |location=London |isbn=978-0-297-81229-6))</ref> At Oxford he was a member of the [[Bullingdon Club]].<ref>((cite web |last1=Mutch |first1=Nick |last2=Myers |first2=Jack |last3=Lusher |first3=Adam |last4=Owen |first4=Jonathan |title=General Election 2015: Photographic history of Bullingdon Club tracked down - including new picture of David Cameron in his finery |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-photographic-history-of-bullingdon-club-tracked-down-including-new-picture-of-david-cameron-in-his-finery-10224679.html |website=independent.co.uk |access-date=13 May 2023 |date=6 May 2015 |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509130109/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-photographic-history-of-bullingdon-club-tracked-down-including-new-picture-of-david-cameron-in-his-finery-10224679.html |url-status=live ))</ref> [[Emma Rothschild]] is his half-sister and [[Amschel Rothschild]] was his half-brother.

==Business career==
From 1963, Rothschild worked at the family bank [[N M Rothschild & Sons|N&nbsp;M Rothschild & Sons]] in London, before resigning in 1980 due to a family dispute.<ref name=Telegraph/> The chairmanship of the bank had passed from his father, who had chosen to follow a scientific career and had lost control of the majority voting shares, to his distant cousin Sir [[Evelyn de Rothschild]]. He sold his minority stake in the bank, but took independent control of [[Rothschild Investment Trust]] (now RIT Capital Partners plc), an investment trust listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]].<ref name=autogenerated1/>

After resigning from the bank in 1980, Rothschild went on to found J. Rothschild Assurance Group (now [[St. James's Place plc]]) with [[Mark Weinberg]] in 1991.<ref>((cite news |last=Peippo |first=Kathleen |title=St. James's Place Capital, plc |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5202/is_2000/ai_n19122975 |work=International Directory of Company Histories |year=2000 |access-date=15 July 2007 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708020424/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5202/is_2000/ai_n19122975/ |url-status=dead ))</ref> In 1989, he joined forces with Sir [[James Goldsmith]] and [[Kerry Packer]] in an unsuccessful bid for [[British American Tobacco]].<ref name=Telegraph/>

Rothschild was Chairman of RIT Capital Partners plc, one of the largest investment trusts quoted on the London Stock Exchange with a net asset value of about £2 billion.<ref>[http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/HsPublic?context=ir.access.jsp&ir_client_id=1874&ir_option=DIRECTORS RIT Capital Partners<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825210440/http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/HsPublic?context=ir.access.jsp&ir_client_id=1874&ir_option=DIRECTORS |date=25 August 2004))</ref> He was Chairman of J Rothschild Capital Management, a subsidiary of RIT Capital Partners plc.<ref name="Bloomberg Businessweek">((cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=30429687 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221224419/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=30429687 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2010 |title=J Rothschild Capital Management Limited: Private Company Information |website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] | location=New York, NY |access-date=10 December 2011))</ref> He also retained many other venture capital and property interests.

From November 2003 until his retirement in 2008, he was Deputy Chairman of [[BSkyB]] Television<ref>((cite news |title=Rothschild to act as BSkyB buffer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/nov/03/citynews.rupertmurdoch |access-date=6 October 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 November 2003 |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402045314/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/nov/03/citynews.rupertmurdoch |url-status=live ))</ref> and until 2008 he was a Director of [[BHF Kleinwort Benson Group|RHJ International]]. He was also a Member of the council for the [[Duchy of Cornwall]] for the [[Prince of Wales]]<ref name="Duchy of Cornwall">((cite web |url=http://www.duchyofcornwall.org/managementandfinances_structure_princescouncil.htm |title=Duchy of Cornwall - Management and Finances |location=Cornwall, UK |date=15 November 2011 |website=The Official Website for the Duchy of Cornwall |publisher=[[Duchy of Cornwall]] |access-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822173207/http://www.duchyofcornwall.org/managementandfinances_structure_princescouncil.htm |archive-date=22 August 2007))</ref> and a member of the International Advisory Board of [[The Blackstone Group]].<ref name=Blackstone>((cite web |url=http://www.blackstone.com/cps/rde/xchg/bxcom/hs/firm_leadership_advisoryboard.htm |title=International Advisory Board |publisher=[[Blackstone Group]] |location=New York, NY, USA |access-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219022248/http://www.blackstone.com/cps/rde/xchg/bxcom/hs/firm_leadership_advisoryboard.htm |archive-date=19 December 2011 |df=dmy-all ))</ref>

Rothschild was appointed [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] (CVO) in the [[2020 New Year Honours]] for services to the Duchy of Cornwall.<ref>((London Gazette |issue=62866 |supp=y |page=N4 |date=28 December 2019))</ref>

===Oil interests===
In 2003, it was reported that Russian oil industrialist [[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]]'s shares in [[YUKOS]] passed to him under a deal which they had concluded prior to Khodorkovsky's arrest.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/nov/2/20031102-111400-3720r/ Arrested oil tycoon passed shares to banker] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606142356/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/nov/2/20031102-111400-3720r/ |date=6 June 2012 )), ''The Washington Times'', 2 November 2003. Accessed 27 July 2010.</ref><ref>((cite news |title=Russian tycoon 'names successor' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3064683.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=2003-07-14 |access-date=2010-05-05 |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402045314/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3064683.stm |url-status=live ))</ref>

In November 2010, an entity affiliated with Rothschild purchased a 5% equity interest in [[Genie Energy]], a subsidiary of [[IDT Corporation]], for $10 million.<ref>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390011005432/f1012g2011a1ex99i_genie.htm PRELIMINARY INFORMATION STATEMENT OF GENIE ENERGY LTD.] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202212631/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390011005432/f1012g2011a1ex99i_genie.htm |date=2 December 2020 )), Jerusalem Post. 22 November 2010. Accessed 12 February 2011</ref>((Primary source inline|date=September 2021)) In 2013, Israel granted Genie Energy exclusive oil and gas exploration rights to a 153-square mile (396&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) area in the southern part of the [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli-occupied]] [[Golan Heights]].<ref name='Kelley01'>((cite news |last=Kelley |first=Michael |title=Israel Grants First Golan Heights Oil Drilling License To Dick Cheney-Linked Company |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/israel-grants-golan-heights-oil-license-2013-2 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=22 February 2013 |access-date=31 August 2013 |archive-date=23 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323202606/https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-grants-golan-heights-oil-license-2013-2 |url-status=live ))</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1961, Rothschild married [[Serena Dunn Rothschild|Serena Mary Dunn]], a granddaughter of the Canadian financier Sir [[James Hamet Dunn|James Dunn]], and they had four children, consisting of three daughters and one son.<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/02/26/lord-rothschild-leading-figure-in-art-world-has-died-aged-87 |title=Jacob Rothschild, banker, collector, philanthropist, and a towering figure in the British art world, has died, aged 87 |first=Louis |last=Jebb |publisher=The Art Newspaper |date=26 February 2024 |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226163834/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/02/26/lord-rothschild-leading-figure-in-art-world-has-died-aged-87 |url-status=live))</ref> Lady Rothschild died in 2019.<ref name=Telegraph/> Their four children are: 
* The Hon. [[Hannah Rothschild (film maker)|Hannah Mary Rothschild Brookfield]] (22 May 1962). She married William Brookfield in 1994 and they were divorced. They have three daughters.
* The Hon. Beth Matilda Rothschild Tomassini (27 February 1964). She married Antonio Tomassini in 1991 and they were divorced. They have three children.
* The Hon. Emily Magda Rothschild Freeman-Attwood (19 December 1967). She married Julian Freeman-Attwood on 25 June 1998. They have two daughters.
* [[Nathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild|Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild]] (12 July 1971).<ref name=RothschildFosterTrust>[http://www.rothschildfostertrust.com/materials/ncr_descendants.pdf The Rothschild Foster Trust: "The descendants of Charles Rothschild"] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907105531/http://www.rothschildfostertrust.com/materials/ncr_descendants.pdf |date=7 September 2012)) retrieved 27 September 2012.</ref> He married Annabelle Neilson on 13 November 1995, and they were divorced in 1997. He married Loretta Basey in 2016.

Rothschild was a member of the [[Reform Jewish]] synagogue.<ref>((cite web |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/04/lord-rothschild-obituary |title=Lord Rothschild obituary &#124; Business &#124; The Guardian |author=Stephen Bates |date=4 March 2024))</ref>

Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, died in London, United Kingdom, on 26 February 2024, at the age of 87.<ref name=Telegraph/><ref>((Cite web |title=Jacob Rothschild, Key Member Of Family Bank Empire, Dies At 87 |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/british-financier-jacob-rothschild-dies-he-was-87-5135956 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=NDTV.com))</ref>

==Philanthropy==
Jacob Rothschild played a prominent part in Arts philanthropy in Britain. He was Chairman of Trustees of the [[National Gallery, London|National Gallery]] from 1985 to 1991, and from 1992 to 1998, chairman of the [[National Heritage Memorial Fund]]. In the 1990s, he was chairman of the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]], responsible for distributing the proceeds of the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] to the heritage sector, an influential post which oversaw the distribution of £1.2 billion in grants.<ref name=Times/>

At one time he was also a Trustee of the [[State Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg]] (retired 2008);<ref name=Hermitage>((cite web |url=http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/02/hm2_6_0_0.html |title=Interview in the magazine ''Russian Journal'' |website=Interview with the Director |orig-year=2004 |date=4 July 2011 |publisher=[[Hermitage Museum]] |location=St. Petersburg, Russia |access-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627200908/http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/02/hm2_6_0_0.html |archive-date=27 June 2012 |df=dmy-all )) Originally published on 13 January 2004 ''[[Russian Journal (website)|Russian Journal]]''</ref> a Trustee of the [[Qatar Museums Authority]] (retired 2010);<ref name=Artshub>((cite web |title=Lord Rothschild named trustee in Qatar |url=http://www.artshub.co.uk/uk/news-article/news/visual-arts/lord-rothschild-named-trustee-in-qatar-97136 |website=Artshub |publisher=ArtsHub Holdings P/L |location=England, UK |access-date=10 December 2011 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406211725/http://www.artshub.co.uk/uk/news-article/news/visual-arts/lord-rothschild-named-trustee-in-qatar-97136 |url-status=dead ))</ref> Chairman of the [[Pritzker Prize for Architecture]] (2002–2004);<ref name="Pritzker Architecture Prize">((cite web |url=http://www.pritzkerprize.com/about/jury.html |title=The Pritzker Architecture Prize - Jury |date=14 September 2011 |publisher=[[Pritzker Architecture Prize|The Pritzker Architecture Prize]] |location=Madrid, Spain & Los Angeles, CA, USA |access-date=10 December 2011 |archive-date=28 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628133406/http://www.pritzkerprize.com/about/jury.html |url-status=dead ))</ref> Chairman of both the [[Gilbert Collection Trust]] and the [[Hermitage Development Trust]], [[Somerset House]];<ref name=Hermitage/> a Trustee and Honorary Fellow of the [[Courtauld Institute]], Somerset House;<ref name=Courtauld>((cite web |url=http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/newsletter/spring_2008/04director.shtml |title=The Courtauld Institute of Art : Newsletter Spring 2008 - From the Director |first=Dr. Deborah |last=Swallow |website=The Courtauld Institute of Art |publisher=[[Courtauld Institute of Art|The Courtauld Institute of Art]] |location=London, UK |access-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121145751/http://courtauld.ac.uk/newsletter/spring_2008/04director.shtml |archive-date=21 November 2010 |df=dmy-all ))</ref> and a Fellow, Benefactor, and member of the Visitors' Committees of the [[Ashmolean Museum]] Oxford (retired 2008).<ref name=Ashmolean>((cite report |url=http://www.ashmolean.org/documents/AR2006-07.pdf |title=Annual Report of the Visitors of The Ashmolean Museum - August 2006—July 2007 |date=14 January 2008 |publisher=[[Ashmolean Museum| Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology]] |location=Oxford, England, UK |access-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104191621/http://www.ashmolean.org/documents/AR2006-07.pdf |archive-date=4 November 2013 |df=dmy-all ))</ref> In 2014, he received the [[J. Paul Getty Trust#J. Paul Getty Medal|J. Paul Getty Medal]] "for extraordinary achievement in the fields of [[museology]], art historical research, philanthropy, conservation and conservation science".<ref name="bhcouriergetty">Victoria Talbot, 'Second Annual J. Paul Getty Medal Goes to Lord Rothschild', ''[[The Beverly Hills Courier]]'', July 25, 2014, Volume XXXXVIIII Number 30, p. 21 ((cite web |url=http://bhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/072514Fissue.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810220831/http://bhcourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/072514Fissue.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2014 |df=dmy-all ))</ref>
[[File:Somerset House.jpg|thumb|The central [[courtyard]] of [[Somerset House]], London.]]

Rothschild was especially active in the project to restore [[Somerset House]] in London, for which he helped secure the Gilbert Collection and ensured the long-term future of the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]]. As a private project, he carried out the restoration of [[Spencer House (St. James's, London, England)|Spencer House]], one of the finest surviving 18th century London [[townhouse]]s, adjacent to his own offices.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.spencerhouse.co.uk/|title=Home - Spencer House |website=Spencer House |access-date=31 March 2016 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015207/https://www.spencerhouse.co.uk/ |url-status=live))</ref>

In 1993 he joined with [[John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover]], to set up the Butrint Foundation<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.butrintfoundation.co.uk/|title=The Butrint Foundation |access-date=31 March 2016 |archive-date=18 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318203151/http://www.butrintfoundation.co.uk/ |url-status=dead))</ref> to record and conserve the archaeological site of [[Butrint]] in Albania, close to his holiday home on [[Corfu]]. Rothschild remained Chairman of the Butrint Foundation up until his death.<ref name=Butrint>((cite web |url=http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1135705&SubsidiaryNumber=0&TID=891063 |title=Contact and trustees: 1135705 - THE BUTRINT FOUNDATION |publisher=[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] |location=London, UK |access-date=10 December 2011 |archive-date=15 January 2011 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110115095451/http%3A//www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber%3D1135705%26SubsidiaryNumber%3D0%26TID%3D891063 |url-status=live ))</ref>

Jacob Rothschild also followed the Rothschild family's charitable interests in Israel and was the chairman of [[Yad Hanadiv]], the family foundation which gave the [[Knesset]] and the [[Supreme Court of Israel|Supreme Court]] buildings to Israel between 1989 and 2018. Under his leadership, the organization went beyond funding national landmarks and began to focus on education initiatives, environmental pursuits and advancing equal opportunity for [[Arab citizens of Israel|Israel's Arab minority]].<ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/lord-jacob-rothschild-upheld-familys-legacy-to-benefit-uk-israel-jews-worldwide/amp/</ref> He was also president of The [[Rothschild Foundation]] (Hanadiv) Europe,<ref name=Handiv>((cite web |url=http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1083262&SubsidiaryNumber=0&TID=1567016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119194705/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1083262&SubsidiaryNumber=0&TID=1567016 |archive-date=19 January 2011 |title=Contact and trustees: 1083262 - ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE |publisher=[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] |location=London, UK |access-date=10 December 2011 )) for President, confirmed for Trustee. [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3969890 Alternate Link] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424213052/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3969890 |date=24 April 2023 ))</ref> and patron and chairman of the board of trustees of The Rothschild Foundation.<ref name="The Rothschild Foundation">((cite web |url=http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1138145&SubsidiaryNumber=0&TID=1567016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925162214/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1138145&SubsidiaryNumber=0&TID=1567016 |archive-date=25 September 2011 |title=Contact and trustees: 1138145 - THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION |publisher=[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] |location=London, UK |access-date=10 December 2011 )) for Chairman, confirmed for Trustee. [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012258 Alternate Link] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424213055/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012258 |date=24 April 2023 ))</ref> In addition, he was the Honorary President of the [[Institute for Jewish Policy Research]].<ref name="jpr.org.uk">((cite web |url=http://www.jpr.org.uk/about/governance.php |title=Institute for Jewish Policy Research: About us |access-date=31 March 2016 |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628015603/http://www.jpr.org.uk/about/governance.php |url-status=live ))</ref>

Rothschild served as a Member of the [[Arts & Humanities Research Board]], set up by the British government, is an honorary fellow of the [[British Academy]], and a Trustee of [[The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund]].<ref name="THE PRINCE OF WALES'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION">((cite web |url=http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1127255&SubsidiaryNumber=0&TID=1567016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925162429/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1127255&SubsidiaryNumber=0&TID=1567016 |archive-date=25 September 2011 |title=Contact and trustees: 1127255 - THE PRINCE OF WALES'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION |publisher=[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] |location=London, UK |access-date=10 December 2011 )) [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4042676 Alternate Link] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424213050/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4042676 |date=24 April 2023 ))</ref>((Primary source inline|date=September 2021))

Rothschild had also been a Member of the UK [[Main Honours Board]] (retired 2008); Chairman of the [[Honours Committee]] for Arts and Media (retired 2008); Trustee of the [[Edmond J Safra Foundation]] (retired 2010); and a Member of committee of the [[Henry J Kravis Prize]] for Creative Philanthropy (retired 2010).((Citation needed|date=March 2020))

===Waddesdon Manor===
In 1988 he inherited from his aunt [[Dorothy de Rothschild]], the [[Waddesdon]] and [[Eythrope]] estates in [[Buckinghamshire]], and began a close association with [[Waddesdon Manor]], the house and grounds which were built by [[Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild]] in the 1880s and bequeathed to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] in 1957 by his distant cousin, [[James A. de Rothschild]]. He was a major benefactor of the restoration of Waddesdon Manor through a private family charitable trust and, in an unusual arrangement, had been given authority by the National Trust to run Waddesdon Manor as a semi-independent operation.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/47201662-99fd-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmagazine%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct&ftcamp=crm/email/2012512/nbe/ArtsLeisure/product#axzz1ug4WjVs8 |title=Art, chez Rothschild |date=12 May 2012 |publisher=[[Ft.com]] |first=Rachel |last=Spence |access-date=12 May 2012 |archive-date=27 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527015807/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/47201662-99fd-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmagazine%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct&ftcamp=crm%2Femail%2F2012512%2Fnbe%2FArtsLeisure%2Fproduct#axzz1ug4WjVs8 |url-status=live ))</ref> The cellars at Waddesdon Manor house his personal collection of 15,000 bottles of Rothschild wines dating as far back as 1870.((Citation needed|date=March 2020))

Open to the public, Waddesdon attracted over 466,000 visitors in 2018,<ref>((cite web |title=ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions |url=http://www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=423 |website=alva.org.uk |access-date=10 May 2019 |archive-date=3 May 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180503171144/http://www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=423 |url-status=live))</ref> with 157,000 visiting the house in 2015.<ref>[https://d24hfjv1ew3jdw.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/13164552/Annual-Review-2014-15-June-2018.pdf 2014-15 Annual Review] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417185232/https://d24hfjv1ew3jdw.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/13164552/Annual-Review-2014-15-June-2018.pdf |date=17 April 2022 )), p. 33. A maximum of 209,200 visitors can enter the house annually.</ref> Waddesdon has won many awards over the last 20 years, including [[Visit England]]'s "Large Visitor Attraction of the Year" category in 2017,<ref>[https://www.visitengland.com/visitengland-awards-excellence-2017-winners Visit England 2017 winners] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216100422/https://www.visitengland.com/visitengland-awards-excellence-2017-winners |date=16 December 2017 )) Retrieved 26 April 2017.</ref> Museum of the Year Award and Best National Trust Property.<ref name=waddesdon>((cite web |url=http://www.castles.org/britain/castles3.html#waddesdon |title=British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses |first=Risto |last=Hurmalainen |date=6 October 2009 |publisher=Castles of the World |access-date=10 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225015331/http://www.castles.org/britain/castles3.html#waddesdon |archive-date=25 December 2011 |df=dmy-all ))</ref>

Rothschild commissioned the 2015 RIBA Award winner [[Flint House, Buckinghamshire|Flint House]]<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/NationalWinners/FlintHouse.aspx |title=Flint House |website=architecture.com |access-date=2016-03-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401110134/https://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/Awards2015/NationalWinners/FlintHouse.aspx |archive-date=1 April 2016 |df=dmy-all))</ref> on the [[Waddesdon Manor]] estate in Buckinghamshire. Rothschild donated the property to the Rothschild Foundation which manages the rest of the estate for the [[National Trust]].

The estate has been a venue for visiting heads of state including U.S. presidents [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Bill Clinton]].((citation needed|date=October 2021)) [[Margaret Thatcher]] received French president [[François Mitterrand]] there at a summit in 1990.((citation needed|date=October 2021)) It hosted the European Economic Round Table conference in 2002, organised by [[Warren Buffett]] and attended by [[James Wolfensohn]], former president of the [[World Bank]], and actor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].<ref>((cite web |author=McGinty, Stephen |title=Is Arnold the running man? |date=25 September 2002 |website=[[The Scotsman]] |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/arnold-running-man-2468320 |access-date=30 June 2007 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001104322/https://www.scotsman.com/news/arnold-running-man-2468320 |url-status=live ))</ref>

==Honours and awards==

===In United Kingdom===
*Member of the [[Order of Merit]] (OM) – 2002.<ref>((London Gazette|date=8 November 2002|issue= 56746|page=13557))</ref>
*Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (GBE) – [[1998 New Year Honours]], "for services to the Arts and to Heritage."<ref>((London Gazette|date=30 December 1997 |supp=y |issue= 54993|page=8))</ref>
*Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (CVO) – [[2020 New Year Honours]], "for services to The Prince's Council, [[Duchy of Cornwall]]"<ref>((London Gazette|issue=62866|date=27 December 2019|page=N4|supp=1))</ref>
*The Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy 2013
*Awarded honorary degrees from the universities of Oxford, London, Exeter, Keele, Newcastle and Warwick
*Honorary Fellow of the [[British Academy]] (Hon FBA) – 1998<ref>[https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/rt-hon-lord-jacob-rothschild Fellow: Rt Hon Lord Jacob Rothschild] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227110902/https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/jacob-rothschild-FBA-hon/ |date=27 February 2024 )) - website of the British Academy</ref>
*Senior Fellow of the [[Royal College of Art]] (FRCA) – 1992<ref>[https://www.rca.ac.uk/more/about-rca/our-history/college-honours/senior-fellows/ Senior Fellows] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027010546/https://www.rca.ac.uk/more/about-rca/our-history/college-honours/senior-fellows/ |date=27 October 2020 ))- website of the Royal College of Art</ref>
*Honorary Fellow of [[King's College London]] (Hon FKC) – 2002<ref>[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/news-archive/2002/jul/Two-new-Honorary-Fellows-for-Kings.aspx Two new Honorary Fellows for King's] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228034954/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/newsevents/news/news-archive/2002/jul/Two-new-Honorary-Fellows-for-Kings.aspx |date=28 December 2018 )) - website of King's College London</ref>
*"Apollo Personality of the Year" – 2002
*Honorary President of the Institute for Jewish Policy – 2002
*Mont Blanc Award – 2004
*[[Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"|Tercentenary Medal for St Petersburg]] – 2005
*Honorary Student of [[Christ Church, Oxford]] – March 2006

===In the United States===
*The Hadrian Award from the World Monuments Fund – 1995
*The Classical America – Arthur Ross Award 1998
*The Iris Foundation Award – the BARD Institute 1999
*The Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] 2000<ref>((cite web |title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]] |url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business |access-date=31 August 2020 |archive-date=15 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business |url-status=live))</ref>
*The Centennial Medal of the American Academy in Rome – 2002
*The Kennedy Center's International Committee Lifetime Achievement Gold Medal in the Arts Award 2006
*Royal Oak Foundation "Timeless Design Award" – 2009
*The J. Paul Getty Medal – 2014

===In Continental Europe===
*[[Order of Prince Henry|Commander of the Order of Henry the Navigator]] (1985) – Portugal<ref>((cite book |editor-last1=Kidd |editor-first1=Charles |editor-last2=Collins |editor-first2=David |editor-last3=Williamson |editor-first3=Lydia (assistant)| title=Debrett's peerage and baronetage : comprises information concerningthe Royal Family, the peerage and baronetage |date=2000 |publisher=Debrett's Peerage Limited |location=London |isbn=9780333545775 |page=1435))</ref>
*Europa Nostra Medal of Honour in Brussels – 2003
*Freedom of the City of Saranda – Albania 2003
*Honoree of the Gennadius Library Trustees' Annual Award 2010
*[[National Flag Order]] – Albania 2014<ref>((cite web |title=President Nishani awards British Lords Rothschild and Sainsbury the "National Flag Medal" |url=http://president.al/?p=17799&lang=en |publisher=Institution of the President of the Republic of Albania |access-date=3 October 2016 |archive-date=6 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063756/http://president.al/?p=17799&lang=en |url-status=dead))</ref>

===In Israel===
*The Sir Winston Churchill Award (2004)
*The Weizmann Award (50th Anniversary of the State of Israel)
*Honorary degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
*Honorary fellowships from City of Jerusalem and the Israel Museum, the Commonwealth Jewish Council Award.

===Arms===
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|coronet = A [[coronet]] of a [[Baron]]
|crest = 1st (centre): issuant from a Ducal Coronet Or an Eagle displayed Sable; 2nd (dexter): out of a Ducal Coronet Or between open Buffalo Horns per fess Or and Sable a Mullet of six points Or; 3rd (sinister): out of a Ducal Coronet Or three Ostrich Feathers the centre one Argent the exterior ones Azure
|escutcheon = Quarterly: 1st, Or an Eagle displayed Sable langued Gules; 2nd and 3rd, Azure issuing from the dexter and sinister sides of the shield an Arm embowed proper grasping five Arrows points to the base Argent; 4th, Or a Lion rampant proper langued gules; over all an Escutcheon Gules thereon a Target the point to the dexter proper
|supporters = Dexter: a lion rampant Or <br /> Sinister: a unicorn Argent
|motto = ''Concordia, Integritas, Industria'' ([[Latin]] for Unity, Integrity, Industry)
))

==See also==
*[[Nathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild|Nathaniel Rothschild]], his youngest child and only son, who inherited his barony and baronetcy 
*[[Rothschild family]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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