Walter rothschild biography

British banker and zoologist (1868–1937)

Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild,^[1]FRS^[2][3] (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family.

As a Zionist leader, he was presented with the Balfour Declaration, which pledged British support for a Jewish national home in Mandatory Palestine.

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Rothschild was the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926.

Early life

Walter Rothschild was born in London as the eldest son and heir of Emma Louise von Rothschild and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, an immensely wealthy financier of the international Rothschild financial dynasty and the first Jewishpeer in England.^[4]

The eldest of three children, Walter was deemed to have delicate health and was educated at home.

As a young man, he travelled in Europe, a