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brothers, Baron Mayer, married a Cohen. Mayer built a spectacular house, Mentmore Towers. Said
one woman: "I do not believe that the Medicis were ever so lodged at the height of their glory." The
Mentmore Towers were turned over to Mayer’s daughter, Hannah, when he died. Hannah married the
Earl of Roseberry in 1878. The Earl of Roseberry became Prime Minister of England in 1894-95. The
Mentmore Towers are still owned today by the son of Hannah, the current Earl of Roseberry. The
Baron Mayer de Rothschild was a member of Parliament (never made a speech), and loved horse
breeding and racing. He was the "sporting" member of the family. When Lionel died in 1879 a new
generation of British Rothschild appeared on the scene led by Lionel’s aristocratic son, Nathaniel
"Natty" de Rothschild. Natty took control of New Court, the Rothschild’s
British banL He was
elected to the House of Commons in 1865, and then, in 1885, Queen victoria made hIm a Lord and he
entered the House of Lords - the first Lord Rothschild. The Intelligent and extroverted Natty was an
ornate speechmaker,
unlike his father, Lionel, and uncle Mayer. Lord Natty has been described as
exclusive, lofty, humorless, "one of the three rudest men in England," selective, blunt, aloof, powerful
and a man with an explosive temper. A perfect representative
of the ruling class. Said one biographer:
"Although Natty lacked the soaring Intelligence
of his rough, unsociable grand father [Nathan, 2nd
head of the Rothschilds]
he had a strong personality and the authoritative air of a man who is not
accustomed
to being contradicted."
Lord Natty was a good friend of Prime Ministers Disraeli and
Gladstone. He played the philanthropy
game of the rich very well. The powerful head of New Court
was known for his charities, especially to the Jews - he was called ,,King of the Jews" as have many
other Rothschilds.
The haughty Lord Rothschild was even chairman of the British Red Cross. Lord
Natty won the hearts of the London police (an effective measure when one is in the Illuminati). Every
Christmas he presented them with a "handsome cheque," and any officer could receive a four course
meal at his home. Hence, Rothschild carriages were always given the right of way in traffic. In
business Lord Natty was very conservative. He dld not take very many risks and looked only for safe
family investments. His self-confidence
told hIm to manage his wealth himself and not trust his
Investments with people who might strike a painful blow to his riches. "Natty was brusque and
humorless and dld not suffer fools gladly." Nor could he allow his money Into the hands of a fool,
caution was a necessary device as far as he was concerned. According to the writer Frank Harris the
Lord Rothschild told him: ,,I go to the bank [New Court] every morning and when I say ‘no’ I return
home at night without a worry. But when I say ‘yes’ Its like putting your finger Into a machine - the
whirring wheels may drag your whole body in after the finger." New Court was very powerful at this
time, for example It controlled the Ruby Mines in Burma, and the banks operations covered most of
South America. Brazil was the Rothschild’s
"preserve" in South America, as Argentina was the
"preserve" of London’s other major banking family - the Barings. While Lord Natty’s two brothers,
Alfred and Leo, helped run New Court, Natty was almost totally calling the shots. "Natty stood for
finance, Alfred for the arts, Leo for sport." Son of the Queen, the Prince of Whales Albert College,
Cambridge. They became good friends and soon the Prince was close friends with most of the British
House and others of the Rothschild clan, Including Natty’s brothers, Alfred and Leo. The group of
friends became known as ,,The Marlborough
Boys", named after the Prince’s Marlborough
House at
which they regularly gathered. ,,The Marlborough
Boys" were intent on having fun. The small circle
of partiers were living a life where "wit took precedence over etiquette..." The Prince probably had a
hand in convincing the Queen to grant Natty peerage. The Rothschilds were suspected, rightfully so,
of financing the Prince’s investments and paying off his debts. The Prince later became King Edward
VII of England. As you can see, Rothschild
influence extends far and wide. Alfred, Lord Natty’s
brother, was an eccentric man. He had a zebra four-in-hand,
a
pet gont, a private philharmonic
which
be conducted and a private circus which he would ringmaster. Needless to say, the Baron Alfred was
a
man with flair. "He loved music, clothes, furniture, paintings,
beautiful women and, above all,
luxury." He was also Involved in business - he worked at New Court and was the first Jewish Director
of the Bank of England. The Baron was among those in charge of the last rites over Disraelis’ dead
body (Queen Victoria might have had an affair with Disraeli that the Rothschilds
covered up).
Alfred’s demeanor was like that of a diplomat and was very Interested in foreign affairs. He was
instrumental
in easing the English - German tensions around the turn of the century. It was not to the
Rothschilds
benefit to have war. Alfred parted with tradition when he gave, in his will, his great
wealth to his daughter. His daughter, in turn, used some of that Rothschild money to fund the
expedition
into Egypt that discovered
Tutankhamen’s
grave.
