Exhibition - From Bank to Westminster

The final irony of this situation was that in 1885, just six years after his death, it was Lionel's son, Nathaniel de Rothschild who became the first Jewish Peer to enter the House of Lords. Unlike most newly created peers he chose to retain his own name in his new title, becoming Lord Rothschild of Tring. The climate had changed and the battles of the 1850s were largely won.

The Times, 9 July 1885          

NEW PEER. LORD ROTHSCHILD

(Sir N M de Rothschild), introduced by the Earl of Rosebery and Lord Carrington, took his seat, after taking the oath on a Hebrew copy of the Pentateuch, with his head covered.

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