Rothschild Timeline

N M Rothschild became Banker to the US Government in Europe, in which capacity the firm pursued the Government's claim to the legacy of James Smithson, leading to the foundation of the Smithsonian Institute.

The death of Nathan left his son Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879) as senior partner in the new firm N M Rothschild & Sons, which he formed with his three brothers.

The Worms brothers, nephews of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, brought the first cuttings of China jat tea from China to Ceylon and planted them on what became known as the Rothschild tea estate at Pussellawa.

Salomon Rothschild 1774-1855) bought the ironworks at Witkowice (Vítkovice) , and founded the United Coal Mines of Vítkovice and Austro-Hungarian Blast Furnace Company. The works were essential to the development of the new railways spreading out across Europe.

In 1845, the French government awarded the contract for the first major railway line to be built in the country to James de Rothschild, who envisaged his Chemin de Fer du Nord, running initially between Paris and Valenciennes, joining with the Austrian lines built by his brother, Salomon.

The Irish potato famine began in 1842. In December 1846, the Irish Famine Fund, co-ordinated by the British Relief Association held its first official meeting at 148 Piccadilly, the London home of Lionel de Rothschild. The following year, the Irish 3% Loan was contracted for by N M Rothschild & Sons and Baring Brothers to raise funds for the supply of food.

With the self-imposed withdrawal from the business of Salomon Rothschild, his son Anselm Salomon von Rothschild (1803-1874) took over the Viennese house; the first of his generation to be enlisted into the ranks of the family firm.

The discovery of gold in California in 1848 had awakened Rothschild interest and in 1849 N M Rothschild established an agency under Benjamin Davidson and John May in San Francisco.

Efficient communications were essential to the Rothschild early business success; a letter dated c.1846 from Nathaniel Rothschild (1812-1870) to his brothers refers to the use of pigeons; “I hope our feathered messengers will have brought you in due time our good prices” he writes.

Mentmore in Buckinghamshire was designed by Joseph Paxton for Mayer de Rothschild (1818-1874) as a country home and showcase for his collection of fine art. The property passed into the Rosebery family and was famously sold in 1977.

Brought up in Frankfurt's Jewish ghetto, the Rothschild brothers retained a strong social conviction. The Hôpital Fondation de Rothschild was established in Paris by James de Rothschild (1792-1868) to provide free medical care to the needy of all faiths.

The London house offered discreet financial advice to select private clients; Balmoral Castle and estate were purchased by Prince Albert with a loan from the Rothschilds. Queen Victoria made regular use of the Rothschild courier service for her overseas correspondence, describing it as ‘perfectly safe and very quick’.

The acquisition of the Refinery by Sir Anthony de Rothschild (1810-1876) made the London house a leader in the bullion trade. Over the next hundred years, the refinery would produce gold bullion, later diversifying into the production of copper wire and decorative products, and producing munitions in two world wars. In 1967, N M Rothschild & Sons sold the refinery business to Engelhard Industries Ltd.

The immensely grand Château de Ferrières, Paris was built between 1853 and 1859 by James Rothschild. In the twentieth century, Guy and Marie-Hélène de Rothschild hosted grand costume balls; in 1975 they gave Ferrières to the University of Paris.

Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812-1870) began the family's association with great wine. Moving to France from England to marry his cousin Charlotte, he purchased Château Brane Mouton, renaming it Château Mouton Rothschild.

On the death of Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1812, his eldest son, Amschel Mayer (1773-1855), took over the management the Frankfurt House. Amschel died childless, and the son of his brother Salomon, Anselm (1803-1874), and the sons of his brother Carl, Mayer Carl (1820-1866) and Wilhelm Carl (1828-1901) assumed responsibility for the business from 1855.

Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879) was first elected as an MP for the City of London in 1847. As a Jew, he refused to take an oath, "in the true faith of a Christian" to enter the House of Commons. For eleven years his seat remained empty, until 1858 when the law changed so that MPs could choose between swearing on the Old or the New Testament.

Between 1860 and 1865 New Court was rebuilt in the style of a grand Italian ‘palazzo’ to the design of Thomas Marsh Nelson, reflecting the success and power of the business. The second New Court survived for almost exactly a century.

Carl Rothschild died in 1855, leaving the business in the hands of his son Adolphe (1823-1900), whose two surviving brothers assumed responsibility of the Frankfurt office on the death of their childless uncle in the same year. The unification of the kingdoms of Italy in 1860 saw the diminution of influence of Naples, and the maintenance of a Rothschild house in the city was no longer viable and after forty years, the affairs of the Naples house were wound up.

Baron James de Rothschild was a connoisseur of good wine and attracted by the prospect of acquiring a top Médoc estate as an investment. After thirty years of trying, he finally purchased Château Lafite in 1868 but died six months later, never having set foot on the property.

After James' death, his sons, Alphonse (1827-1905), Gustave (1829-1911) and Edmond (1845-1934), assumed control of the business. The French House continued to fund and build railways, playing a major role in the development of the French and European rail network.

On Tuesday 15 June 1869, the Evelina Hospital for the Care of Sick Children was opened. The Hospital had been founded by Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839-1898), in memory of his wife Evelina (1839-1866), who had died tragically in childbirth.

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) was the first Jew to be appointed a Director of the Bank of England. Alfred liked to move in diplomatic circles, and briefly became Senior Partner of the London house in 1915.

Anselm Salomon von Rothschild died in 1874, and his son Salomon Albert Anselm took control of the business. Under Albert, S M von Rothschild & Söhne became banker-in-chief to the Austrian government and the family's industrial holdings were increased.

Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879) is remembered in business for his assistance to the British Government in 1875 to procure the Khedive of Egypt's share in the Suez Canal. Lionel advanced a personal loan of £4 million to his friend Disraeli, a huge sum at the time.

Nathaniel Mayer de Rothschild (1840-1915), known as 'Natty' took over the senior partnership of the London House from his father Lionel. Under Natty, the bank made 70 loans (many for railways and infrastructure projects such as the Manchester Ship Canal), and explored business opportunities in new markets.

Mining was just one of the French Rothschild family's considerable interests. The French mining company, Société minière et métallurgique de Peñarroya was founded in part by members of the French family in 1881. In 1883, de Rothschild Frères bought the company Société Le Nickel.

Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839-1898) entertained lavishly but alone at the magificent Waddesdon; tragically his young wife Evelina had died in childbirth in 1866. Queen Victoria who spent a day at Waddesdon in 1890 was delighted with the house which housed Ferdinand's fabulous collections.

Like his father, Nathaniel Mayer de Rothschild (1840-1915, known as 'Natty' was an MP, gaining Aylesbury for the Liberals in 1865. A baronet in succession to his uncle Anthony from 1876, Natty became the first Jewish peer in 1885, becoming Lord Rothschild of Tring.

The Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company Ltd was founded by Nathaniel, 1st Lord Rothschild (1840-1915) and a board of prominent Jewish philanthropists including Frederick Mocatta and Samuel Montagu, to provide "the industrial classes with commodious and healthy Dwellings at a minimum rent".

The Exploration Company was formed in 1886 with Rothschild capital as a limited investment fund specialising in overseas mining ventures. The Rothschilds already had investments in this field in de Beers and Rio Tinto.

In 1886, the French Rothschild bank, de Rothschild Frères, began to develop substantial interests in the Russian oil fields.The bank formed the Caspian and Black Sea Petroleum Company. Increased competition and instability in the region persuaded Rothschilds to sell their interests to Royal Dutch and Shell in 1912.

Lionel Walter, 2nd Lord Rothschild (1868-1937) was famed as a zoologist rather than a banker. When he was 21, his father built him a museum at Tring Park to house his specimens; he also kept a menagerie of live animals. In 1937, the Rothschild family gifted Walter's Museum to the nation; it is now known as the Natural History Museum at Tring.

In 1882, Nathaniel von Rothschild (1836-1905) began to create a park at Hohe Warte in Vienna. One of his gardeners' sons, returning from England, set up a team to provide recreation for the estate staff. With land and finance from Nathaniel, the First Vienna Football Club (the first in Austria) was established in 1894.

On the death of Amschel Mayer Rothschild, his nephews Mayer Carl and Wilhelm Carl became partners in the Frankfurt banking house. By 1901, and the death of the remaining partner, Wilhelm Carl, Frankfurt was no longer a significant financial centre and the decision was taken to liquidate M A Rothschild & Söhne, the Frankfurt House.

Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917) had become a keen race-goer during his college days at Cambridge. His horse St Amant famously won the 1904 Derby (held during a thunderstorm), beating the favourite, the Prince of Wales' horse.

Between 1905 and 1912, Béatrice Ephrussi (née de Rothschild) (1864-1934) created the elegant villa Ile-de-France. Each room was arranged specifically to show off her collections of art and objets d’art. The gardens surrounding the house were particularly beautiful. Béatrice left the house and its contents to the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Alphonse de Rothschild died in 1905, and his son Edouard Alphonse (1868-1949) took control of the business. Surviving a youthful duel, which he fought to combat anti-Semitic insults, Edouard and his younger cousin, Robert (1880-1946), directed the affairs of the Paris House.

The Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild was opened in Paris in 1905 by Adolphe’s widow Caroline (1830-1907). Adolphe (1823-1900) had received treatment for an eye injury and had established a similar clinic in Geneva. Over 80,000 consultations were conducted in the first year.

The ‘Pearl of the Mediterranean’ was a speed boat race that took place off the coast of Italy in April 1907, attracting aristocrats and wealthy sportsmen. With clear skies and calm waters, 'The Flying Fish' commanded by Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942), led for all 10 laps of race, winning him a coveted trophy of a Lalique plaque in gold, enamel and pearl.

In 1905, the London house led a syndicate to issue a £25 million loan to the Imperial Japanese Government, followed by further loans by the London and Paris Rothschild banks in 1907, 1910, 1913 and in the 1920s.

By the age of four, the scientist, zoologist and entomologist Dame Miriam Rothschild (1908-2005) had started collecting insects, later attending evening classes in zoology. During the 1930s she worked at the Marine Biological Station in Plymouth and spent the war as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park.

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) was an ardent exponent of the autochrome, an early form of colour photography, made using glass plates. Between 1908 and 1912, he took many autochromes, both in England and at family residences in France and on trips abroad on his yacht.

Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild (1910-1990) was Cambridge scientist. During the war, he heading a unit specialising in counter-sabotage devices. After the war he became chairman of Shell Research Ltd., and was the first Director General of the Central Policy Review Staff. In the mid-70s he chaired N M Rothschild and Sons Limited.

In 1911, the Rothschild directed firm, the Alliance Assurance Company refused to insure the liner 'Titanic', Lord Rothschild claiming it was "too big to float". It proved to be a wise decision; the ill-fated 'Titanic' sank in the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg.

On Albert's death in 1911, Louis von Rothschild (1882-1955) found himself managing the family firm in Vienna, with his two brothers Alphonse (1878-1942) and Eugène (1884-1976). Under the three brothers, the business continued to play an active role in the Witkowitz iron works and the Florisdorf Engineering works.

Between 1912 and 1915, The Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, founded by the banker and naturalist Charles Rothschild (1877-1923) conducted the first ever survey of natural habitats in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves evolved into today's Wildlife Trusts.

Aston Hill on the Tring Park estate of Nathaniel, 1st Lord Rothschild (1840-1915) was a renowned venue for early motoring events. Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford were participants in the Aston Hill Climb, and their success provided the ideal name for their prototype car: the Aston-Martin.

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) was educated at Harrow and Cambridge before taking his place as a partner at New Court. Under Lionel, the bank began a steady transition towards advisory work and finance raising for commercial concerns, including successful bond issues for the London Underground.

A strong supporter of Zionism, Baron Edmond underwrote the purchase of land and the creation of Jewish settlements in Palestine and Israel. In 1923, he created the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA), to acquire land and support economic development. Edmond's large donations helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel.

In Frankfurt, the seven daughters of Louise von Rothschild (1820-1894) were responsible for many of the family's 30 charitable foundations, including a public library, swimming bath, orphanage, and hospitals. Hannah Mathilde (1832-1924), the last of the Frankfurt Rothschilds endowed six charitable foundations, and in her will she made many charitable bequests.

Gunnersbury was purchased by Nathan Mayer Rothschild shortly before his death in 1836. The estate was much loved by the family, succeeding generations enlarging the park and adding a pleasure lake. In 1925, the Rothschilds sold Gunnersbury to the boroughs of Acton and Ealing for use as a public park.

Together with Barings and Schroders, N M Rothschild & Sons helped arrange the share capital of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd to develop extensions to the network in 1929 and 1930, the most notable of these projects being the extension of the Piccadilly Line.

N M Rothschild & Sons chaired the Committee to rescue the Austrian Creditanstalt, which had collapsed early in 1931, precipitating a global financial crisis. The Creditanstalt, originally founded in 1855 by the Austrian Rothschilds, was ultimately rescued by the Austrian Republic, the National Bank of Austria and the Rothschild family.

In the early 1930s, the Rothschild family quickly responded to the plight of Jews across Europe. Anthony (1887-1961) and Yvonne de Rothschild (1899-1977) co-ordinated efforts from New Court to assist refugees through the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief & Rehabilitation.

In the 1930s, Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) a passionate gardener, was involved with The Roads Beautifying Association, which had been founded in 1928 to make horticultural expertise available to local authorities and others responsible for highway planting and the management of the urban landscape.

The Vienna banking house closed in March 1938. Louis von Rothschild (1882-1955) was held under house arrest for a year before handing over most of his assets to the new Nazi regime; the Viennese business was placed under administration and sold. In France, members of the Rothschild family left via Spain to Portugal, assisted by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese Consul-General in Bordeaux, who, defying his Government's orders, issued visas to thousands of refugees. The family supported the war effort from Britain, Canada and the USA.

Although much of the business was evacuated to the Rothschild estate, Tring Park, the Partners were adamant that they would remain in the City for the duration. New Court was equipped with fire-fighting apparatus, the basement strengthened, and a fire-watching rota set up. The Royal Mint Refinery was directed to making munitions. Luckily, New Court sustained minor damage in the London Blitz of 1941.

Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (1887-1961) became Senior Partner following the sudden death of his brother Lionel in the dark days of the Second World War. Anthony took a special interest in the work of The Royal Mint Refinery. Anthony died in 1961, after a long illness, remembered as 'not only a charming companion, but a man of high principles and great integrity'.

In 1953, under the guidance of Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009), N M Rothschild & Sons led a syndicate to develop land in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The key to the development project was a power station to harness the Hamilton (later renamed Churchill) Falls, at the time, the largest construction project ever undertaken by a private company.

The Merchant Bank of Central Africa (MBCA) was set up by N M Rothschild & Sons with a number of corporate partners with the aim of replicating as far as possible in Africa the functions of a City of London merchant bank. By 1984, the MBCA had achieved the reputation of being the leading bank for corporate finance in Zimbabwe.

In 1956, Leopold de Rothschild (1927-2012) joined the family firm at New Court after National Service in the Royal Navy, Cambridge and training at other banks. He became heavily involved in re-establishing Rothschild’s Latin American offices, especially Mexico, Chile and Brazil. From 1970 to 1983 he sat as a Director on the Court of the Bank of England.

After the death of James de Rothschild (1878-1957), his widow Dorothy (1895-1988), gave the spectacular mansion Waddesdon Manor and its splendid contents to the National Trust. In 1958, she established Yad Hanadiv (Memorial of the Benefactor) in 1957 to pursue ideals James and his father Edmond had nurtured for Israel and to contribute towards the advancement ‘of science, art and culture in Israel’.

N M Rothschild & Sons, recognising the growing popularity of unit trusts, (a form of collective investment constituted under a trust deed which pools investors' money into a single fund, managed by a fund manager) set up its first unit trust, the Shield Fund in 1959.

Aged 26, Evelyn de Rothschild (1931-2022) (later Sir Evelyn) joined N M Rothschild & Sons to be trained in the family's business. Evelyn oversaw the rebuilding of New Court in the early 1960s and served as Chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited from 1976 to 2003, pioneering the firm’s involvement in the Conservative government's privatisation programme.

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) became Senior Partner in 1960, managing a period of consolidation for the firm, presiding over the bank's transition from a highly conservative family firm to a modern institution. He opened the partnership to non-family members, beginning with David Colville (1909-1987), who was appointed in July 1960 as the first non-Rothschild partner.

1963 saw the creation of La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild (LCF). Founded by Edmond de Rothschild (1926-1997), the Swiss-based firm began as a venture capital house, and developed into an investment bank and asset management company. In 2010, the LCF Rothschild group changed its name to the group Edmond de Rothschild.

In 1963, Jacob Rothschild (b.1936) (now the 4th Lord Rothschild), became a Partner in N M Rothschild & Sons, after Eton and Oxford. Jacob left the bank in 1980, to create Rothschild Investment Trust (now RIT Capital Partners plc). Jacob went on to found J. Rothschild Assurance Group (now St. James's Place plc) with Sir Mark Weinberg in 1991.

In 1964 N M Rothschild & Sons opened a new office in Manchester, marking a return to the city where Nathan Mayer Rothschild had established Rothschild Brothers in 1799 as agents to coordinate the supply of British textiles to the continental market. When Nathan moved to London in 1809, the Manchester business was taken over by one of his clerks, Joseph Barber.

In 1965, N M Rothschild & Sons moved into their new strikingly modern building in St Swithin's Lane. Designed by Fitzroy Robinson and Partners, the six-storey glass, marble and steel building on the site of the old New Court incorporated features from the 1865 building such as cobblestones from the courtyard and Victorian panelling. The staff of the firm now numbered over 300.

Following French government reform of banking regulations, de Rothschild Frères became Banque Rothschild, a limited-liability company in 1967; Banque Rothschild was created in 1968, functioning as a deposit bank. At Easter 1970, a new modern bank building was inaugurated at 21 rue Laffitte, Paris.

N M Rothschild & Sons arranged the finance for The President Costa e Silva Bridge (commonly known as the Rio-Niteroi Bridge), the sixth longest in the world. From its completion in 1974 until 1985 it was the world's second-longest bridge, second only to Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.

Rothschild Bank AG was established in Zurich by members of the British and French Rothschild families in 1968. Since then, it has grown into an international private banking group with offices around the world, providing private banking and asset management services to individuals, families, and charities worldwide.

On 30 September 1970, the company founded by Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836) ceased to be a partnership and became a limited company, N M Rothschild & Sons Limited. The firm was the last London accepting house to relinquish its private partnership status.

TThe London house began arranging loans on behalf of Japan in the early 1900s. In 1962, Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) led a City of London mission to strengthen commercial ties with Japan. In 1973, The Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class, one of Japan’s highest honours, was conferred upon Edmund in recognition of his endeavours to promote Japanese-British friendship.

The London bank's investment division N M Rothschild Asset Management Limited (RAM) was incorporated in 1973, becoming its sister company in 1986. RAM specialised in the management of the assets of major pension funds and insurance companies and offered unit trusts and other investment vehicles to investors.

Imétal was created by the French Rothschilds in 1974 to expand their considerable raw material interests. Imétal grew rapidly, acquiring interests in the United States and Britain. The French house lost its stake in the company when the bank was nationalised in 1981, but Rothschild expertise was missed and family members were invited to join the board.

In 1975, Victor, 3rd Lord Rothschild (1910-1990) became Chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited succeeding Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) who retired after 36 years of service. In 1976, the chairmanship passed to Evelyn de Rothschild (1931-2022), although Victor remained active in the firm until his death.

In 1976, Evelyn de Rothschild (1931-2022), succeeded his cousin Victor, 3rd Lord Rothschild (1910-1990) as Chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited. Sir Evelyn served as Chairman until 2003 when, together with his cousin Baron David de Rothschild (b.1942) he oversaw the merger of the family's French and UK houses.

Banque Rothschild, the business established in Paris by James de Rothschild in 1812 was one of 39 to be compulsorily nationalised by the French government; the business became Compagnie Européenne de Banque. Following the nationalisation, the family established a new banking operation, using the company Paris Orléans. In 1986, the French Rothschilds were granted the right to use family name again, as Rothschild & Associés Banque.

During the Second World War, America became a place of refuge for many members of the Rothschild family. In 1942, the Rothschilds in Paris and London established the Amsterdam Overseas Corporation in New York. Its business grew steadily and in the wake of its success it was reformed, first in 1967 as the investment bank New Court Securities. In January 1982, the American operation was again reformed, under a new name, Rothschild Inc.

Following the compulsory nationalisation of Banque Rothschild in 1982, the family relaunched their activities through Paris Orléans, a former Rothschild railway company. In 1983, David, Nathaniel and Eric de Rothschild, together with six colleagues re-started the business, creating P.O. Gestion as a banking operation. In 1986, the French Rothschilds were granted the right to use family name again, as Rothschild & Associés Banque.

Rothschilds' first involvement in the field of privatisation was in 1971, when the British Government asked N M Rothschild & Sons to handle the sale of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation. Under the chairmanship of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, N M Rothschild & Sons was to handle many government privatisations in the 1980s and 1990s: British Telecommunications (1984), British Gas, with its famous campaign slogan "If you see Sid, tell him" (1986), British Steel (1988), Regional Water Authorities (1989), Regional Electricity Companies (1990), Railtrack (1993) and British Coal (1994).

In 1989 the London and Paris Rothschilds announced the opening of a Frankfurt subsidiary. Rothschild GmbH marked the return of a Rothschild bank to the city where Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812) had established his business as a merchant, and where the five Rothschild brothers were born.

In 1992, the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem, supported by Yad Hanadiv, the foundation established by Dorothy de Rothschild, was inaugurated. In 1957, Dorothy’s husband James (1878-1957) had bequeathed money to fund the building of a Jewish Parliament House, the Knesset, which opened in 1966.

In September 1996 N M Rothschild & Sons Limited signed an historical Memorandum of Understanding with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to develop jointly financial advisory business in China and internationally. Rothschilds’ Shanghai office opened for business in 1994.

N M Rothschild & Sons Limited formed an equity capital markets joint venture with ABN AMRO. The joint venture combined Rothschilds' capital markets advisory experience with ABN AMRO's global trading capabilities to provide advisory services to governments and corporations in the field of privatisations, equity offerings, and private placements. The joint venture was discontinued in 2007.

1998 marked 200 years since Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836) set off from Frankfurt to England, laying the foundations of the business that was to become N M Rothschild & Sons. To mark the anniversary, an official history of the business was commissioned, and a major exhibition ‘The Life & Times of NMR, 1777-1836’ opened at the Museum of London.

In 2003, after 44 years with the family firm, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild stepped down as Chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited. The appointment of David de Rothschild as the Rothschild Group Chairman brought together again the English and French Rothschild business houses, the realisation of a long-held plan to unify structures for all of the financial entities held by the businesses.

In 2010, David de Rothschild (b.1978), the ecologist and environmentalist crossed the Pacific in the 'Plastiki', a catamaran made out of reclaimed plastic bottles and other recycled plastic waste products to raise awareness of global plastic pollution.

In 2008, work began on the re-building of New Court and in 2011 a striking 15 storey glass and steel building to the designs of architect Rem Koolhaas and his practice OMA opened on St Swithin's Lane. The fourth New Court opens up new views of the church of St Stephen Walbrook and the London skyline. The interior includes many references to the company's history, and a new oak reading room for The Rothschild Archive. In 2012 The fourth New Court was shortlisted for the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize.

In 2011, Domaines Barons de Rothschild, owner of Château Lafite, in partnership with the Chinese state-owned investment corporation China International Trust and Investment Corporation, began to develop its first Chinese vineyard planted at Penglai, Shandong province, China to recreate Bordeaux-style wine made on Chinese soil.

In 2012, the Bibliothèque nationale de France held the exhibition 'The Rothschilds in France in the 19th century', to celebrate two hundred years since the arrival of James de Rothschild from Frankfurt. James arrived in Paris in 1812, aged twenty. He rapidly became one the protagonists in the world of the high finance.

Rothschild & Co. acted as sole financial adviser to Equinor ASA and SSE plc on the sale of a shareholdings in the Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B wind farm projects, the first two phases of construction of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the Dogger Bank Project located off the north-east coast of England.

In 2021, Rothschild & Co Bank AG, Rothschild & Co's Wealth Management subsidiary, completed its acquisition of Banque Pâris Bertrand, a renowned private bank with headquarters in Switzerland and offices in Geneva and Luxembourg.

In February 2023, Concordia, the Rothschild family's holding company announced it was planning to take its financial business, Rothschild & Co. private, and was in talks with banks and current and prospective equity investors to finance an offer for the Paris-listed group.