Charles Rothschild
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Charles Rothschild
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| Born |
9 May 1877 London |
| Died | 12 October 1923 (aged 46) |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Banker and entomologist |
| Spouse(s) | Rózsika Edle von Wertheimstein (m. 1907) |
| Children |
Miriam Rothschild (b. 1908) Elizabeth Charlotte Rothschild (b. 1909) Victor Rothschild (b. 1910) Pannonica Rothschild (b. 1913) |
| Parent(s) | Nathan Rothschild and Emma Louise von Rothschild |
Nathaniel Charles Rothschild (9 May 1877 – 12 October 1923), known as "Charles", was an English banker and entomologist and a member of the Rothschild family.
He was the son of Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, and Emma Rothschild (née von Rothschild).
Charles predeceased his older brother Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937), who died without issue. The peerage therefore passed to Charles's son Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild.
He boarded at Harrow School, which he found somewhat traumatising for incidents of bullying on account of his religion.
Charles Rothschild worked as a partner in the family bank NM Rothschild and Sons in London. He went to Rothschild's Bank every morning; despite all his interest in science and in natural history, he never missed a day. He was also very interested in the gold refinery operated by Rothschilds and invented a variety of devices for collecting gold, and working on gold from a scientific point of view. He also became Chairman of the Alliance Assurance Company.
However, like his zoologist brother, he devoted much of his energies to entomology and natural history collecting. His collection of fleas is now in the Rothschild Collection at the British Museum. He also discovered and named the plague vector flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild), also known as the oriental rat flea, at Shendi, Sudan, on an expedition in 1901, publishing his finding in 1903.
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