James Armand de Rothschild

James Armand Edmond de Rothschild DCM DL (December 1, 1878 – May 7, 1957), sometimes known as Jimmy de Rothschild, is a British Liberal politician and philanthropist, from the wealthy Rothschild international banking dynasty.

De Rothschild is the son of Edmond James de Rothschild of the French branch of family.

He is educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

He serves in the First World War, at the outset as an enlisted man in the French Army then as an officer in The Royal Canadian Dragoons, and ends the war as an officer in the British Army, serving in Palestine as a major in the 39th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (part of the "Jewish Legion")

He is awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

He is a keen follower of the turf and a racehorse owner.

His 33-1 runner "Bomba" wins the Ascot Gold Cup in 1909.

He marries Dorothy Mathilde Pinto in 1913.

She is seventeen years old; he is thirt-five.

He becomes a naturalized Briton in 1920, and in 1922 he inherits from Alice de Rothschild the Waddesdon Manor estate of his great-uncle Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury from 1885 to 1898.

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