Robert de Rothschild

French private banker
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench private banker
PlacesFrance
wasFinancial professional Banker Art collector Patron Patron of the arts Athlete Polo player
Work fieldArts Finance Sports
Gender
Male
Birth19 January 1880, Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France
Death25 December 1946Lausanne, canton of Bern, Switzerland (aged 66 years)
Star signCapricorn
Family
Mother:Cécile Anspach
Father:Gustave de Rothschild
Siblings:Aline Caroline de Rothschild Zoé Lucie Betty de Rothschild
Spouse:Gabrielle Nelly Régine Beer
Children:Diane de Rothschild Élie de Rothschild Diane Cécile Alice Juliette de Rothschild Alain de Rothschild Cécile Léonie Eugénie Gudule Lucie de Rothschild
The details

Biography

Robert Philippe Gustave de Rothschild (19 January 1880 – 25 December 1946) was a French banker, philanthropist and polo player.

Early life

Robert de Rothschild was born on 19 January 1880 in Paris, France. His father, Baron Gustave de Rothschild, was a banker. His mother was Cécile Anspach.

Career

He was a banker.

During World War II, he was on the Nazi blacklist. Moreover, his French citizenship was nullified by the Vichy government because he was Jewish. He escaped to England and emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in August 1940. He stayed there for five years, throughout the war years.

Philanthropy

He supported Jewish causes in France, and later New York City. After the war, he supported efforts to revive Jewish life in France.

Polo

He was a four-goal polo player. He was the founder of the Deauville International Polo Club in 1907. He organized the Laversine Open Polo Cup on the grounds of his chateau in Saint-Maximin. He also organized tournaments in Apremont in 1920. By 1995, Apremont was home to the Polo Club du Domaine de Chantilly.

He won the International Paris Tournament in 1907 and the Paris Open in 1920.

Personal life

He married Gabrielle Nelly Régine Beer on 6 March 1907. They resided at the Château de Laversine. They had two sons and two daughters:

  1. Diane Cécile Alice Juliette de Rothschild (1907–1996), married to Anatol Mühlstein (m. 1932), and Joseph Benvenuti (m. 1952)
  2. James Gustave Jules Alain de Rothschild (1910–1982), married Mary Chauvin du Treuil (m. 1938)
  3. Cécile Léonie Eugénie Gudule Lucie de Rothschild (1913–1995)
  4. Élie Robert de Rothschild (1917–2007), married to Liliane Fould-Springer (m. 1942)

During the war, his two sons were captured by the Nazis.

Death

He died of pneumonia on Christmas Day, 25 December 1946 in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 66.

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