It was named after the rapids of the nearby Yarmouk River and James "Ya'akov" Armand de Rothschild.
When he died in 1957, he bequeathed Waddesdon Manor to the National Trust.
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James Armand Edmond de Rothschild, DCM, DL (1 December 1878 – 7 May 1957) was a French-born British politician and philanthropist, from the wealthy Rothschild international banking dynasty.
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