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Lord Natty’s other brother, Baron Leopold de Rothschild, was not much of a businessman.
He much
more preferred horse racing and automobiles.
He had the reputation of being a kind man. His wife,
Maria Perugia, was the sister of Mrs. Arthur Sassoon. The first world war supposedly hurt the British
House financially (although
it appears their missing riches only went underground),
but as always
they bounced right back (in the eyes of the public). Thus a new British House of Rothschild began the
20th century, lofty Lord Natty leading the way.
AUSTRIAN HOUSE, LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Baron Anselm von Rothschild, of the "New Trinity", brought the Austrian House to the close of the
19th century. Anselm lived under the reputation of his father, Salomon, and his uncle, Amschel (with
whom he spent a good deal of his time). But be did not necessarily ride their coat tails, he proved his
worth, so to speak. His most notable act being the creation Creditanstalt,
which destroyed the
financial challenger of the Rothschilds,
Credit Mobilier. As a young man Anselm was a bit wild and
frivolous, so hi. father sent him away to apprentice. Anselm ended up working under his uncle
Amschel in the Frankfort bank (which was doomed to future liquidation).
Frankfort mellowed hlm,
and he lived there for 30 years. When his father died in 1855, Anselm returned to Vienna to take his
father’s place. He became a very active businessman.
Anselm had influence in the Habsburg court.
Baron Anselm’s "name was inscribed in the Golden Book of the capital and in 1861 he had been
made a member of the Imperial House of Lords." He also knew bow to incur his wrath. One club in
Austria refused him membership because be was a Jew. Baron Anselm simply bought a sewage
disposable unit and installed
it right next to the club. The smell was horrible. The dub then tried to
give him a membership card, to mend the problem, but he returned the card doused in perfume and
informed them that he would not move his sewage unit. The Rothschilds
set off the financial crisis of
1873 in Vienna. S.M. Rothschild und Sohne totally controlled Hungarian finance. And Creditanstalt
was the financial powerhouse
of the Habsburg realm. Anselm’s children carried on in Vienna after he
died in 1874. Ills eldest son Nathaniel was an aristocrat, who was not interested in banking, only fine
art and history. Anselm’s second son, Ferdinand, moved to England. Only Baron Albert von
Rothschild, Anselm’s youngest son had a business inclination and be was chosen to take over
Creditanstalt.
Baron Albert and Nathaniel were the two richest men in Austria. Baron Albert "held
controlling interest in innumerable
industries ranging from coal to railways; and when, in 1881, he
converted the famous six-per-cent
Gold Loan to Hungary the bank was recognized as the greatest
financial force in the empire." Albert was afraid of the common people and he built a mansion that
was more of a dtadel than a house. Its wails were seven het high, and on top of that sat another eight
feet of iron fencing. Anselm’s second son, Baron Ferdinand, was a member of Prince Edward’s
"Marlborough
Boys." He remained in England, becoming a naturalized citizen. ,,Ferdy" as he was
called was an intellectual socialite. He built an Incredibly grandiose mansion named Waddeson
Manor; one of the most awesome of all the Rothschild
homes. The Manor was so marvelous that the
Queen herself paid it a visit. Visitors to its halls ranged from the Empress Frederick to the Shah of
Persia. Ferdinand also had a zoo. One of Anselm’s daughters also moved to England - Alice. The
unmarried Alice was a very "tyrannical" person. In fact, she even yelled at the Queen when she saw
her Inadvertently
trampling a flower-bed. The Queen and Alice remained friends, and the Queen
nicknamed Alice ,,The Al Powerful"
"Alice ... reigns absolutely,"
wrote a cousin. "There is nothing
constitutional
about this monarchy. No wonder the Queen has named her ‘The Al Powerful’..."
When
Ferdinand died Alice received Waddeson Manor. Head of the Austrian House, Albert died in 1911. His
son (none of his brothers had any children), Baron Louis became the head of the house. Louis’
brothers, Alphonse and Eugene, were "gentlemen of leisure." Baron Louis and his two brothers both
served in the Austrian army during World War I (the war supposedly split the Vienna House from the
French and English Houses, I don’t believe this). The Austrian House’s wealth had to go underground
during the war. After the war ended the French and English Houses put the Austrian House back "on
their feet again." Thus a new Austrian House began the 20th century, powerful Albert and suave
Baron Louis leading the way.
THE MORGAN CONNECTION
