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7 unusual facts about Nathan Mayer Rothschild


George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

Sutherland is estimated to have been the wealthiest man of the 19th-century, surpassing even Nathan Rothschild.

Hastoe

Nathan Rothschild had began to rent land and properties in the area as early as 1833, including Hastoe House, a large property in the centre of the hamlet.

Lucia Wijbrants

In the 19th century the portrait of Lucia belonged to Nathan Mayer Rothschild.

Nathan Mayer Rothschild

In 1835 he secured a contract with the Spanish Government giving him the rights to the Almadén mines in southern Spain, effectively gaining a European mercury monopoly.

# Mayer Amschel (1818–1874) married 1850 Juliana Cohen (1831–1877)

William Armfield Hobday

William Armfield Hobday (1771 – 17 Feb 1831) was an English portrait painter and miniaturist whose clientele included royalty and the Rothschild family.

In this he was disappointed even though patronised by N. M. Rothschild, for whom he painted a family group at the price of a thousand guineas.



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