Rothschild Baronetcy
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Quarterly: 1st, Or an eagle displayed Sable langued Gules; 2nd, Azure issuing from the sinister flank an arm embowed proper grasping five arrows points downward Argent; 3rd, Azure issuing from the dexter flank an arm embowed proper grasping five arrows points downward Argent; 4th, Or a Lion rampant Gules; over all an escutcheon Gules charged with an oval target with pointed center Argent per bend sinister
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| Creation date | 29 June 1885 |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Sir Nathan Rothschild |
| Present holder | Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild |
| Heir apparent | Nathaniel Philip Rothschild |
| Remainder to | Heirs male of the body of the first baron; failing, heirs male of the sons of the first baron's brother |
| Former seat(s) | Tring Park Mansion |
| Armorial motto | Concordia, integritas, industria ("Harmony, Integrity, Industry") |
Baron Rothschild, of Tring in the County of Hertfordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for Sir Nathan Rothschild, 2nd Baronet, a member of the Rothschild banking family. He was the first Jewish member of the House of Lords not to have previously converted to Christianity. The current holder of the title is Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, who inherited the title in 1990.
The Rothschild baronetcy, of Tring Park, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1847 for Anthony de Rothschild, a banker and politician, with remainder to the male issue of his elder brother, Lionel de Rothschild, the first ever Member of Parliament of the Jewish faith. Both Anthony and Lionel were the sons of the influential financier Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836), founder of the English branch of the family.
The first Baronet was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the aforementioned second Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1885. Although other Jews such as Sampson Eardley and Benjamin Disraeli had received peerages, Eardley's did not entitle him to sit in the House of Lords, while Disraeli had previously converted to Christianity. Rothschild was thus the first person of Jewish faith to sit in the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Walter, the second Baron. He was a banker and politician but is best remembered for his interest in zoology. He died without issue and his brother had predeceased him, so upon his death, the titles passed to his nephew Victor, the third Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Charles Rothschild.
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