A Rothschild Treasury

Once upon a time, there was an American hotel heiress named Nicky Hilton, who was dating British banking heir James Rothschild because heiresses can only date heirs, duh. Yes, trillion. So it made total sense when the couple got engaged on a picture-perfect European vacation last August. And while we’re pretty sure they weren’t planning their wedding on a budget, so to speak, we didn’t plan on them having the closest thing to a royal wedding that two non-royals could possibly have — here’s why.

March 10, , Naples), and Jakob, or James, Mayer (b. May 15, —d. November 15, , Paris). Starting out in a Frankfurt banking house.

Sources for art history: Catalogue of the pictures of Alfred de Rothschild Sources for yachting history: Plans for Nathaniel von Rothschild’s yacht Veglia Sources for natural history: Walter 2nd Lord Rothschild and his zebra carriage: c. Sources for global financial history: Map of lines of the Brazil Railway Company: c. Sources for the history of travel: Lionel de Rothschild’s tours of Spain: Sources for Royal history: shooting party with Edward Prince of Wales: Sources for Rothschild family history: Lionel de Rothschild’s yacht Rhodora: Sources for design history: plans for Lionel de Rothschild’s Rolls-Royce: Sources for business history: Rothschild gold bars produced by the Royal Mint Refinery: s.

This page previews recent and current projects of The Rothschild Archive and our partners. Many of these projects provide access to detailed and extensive resources and digitised original documents through microsites of The Rothschild Archive website. Click the arrow to read more about each project. To coincide with the centenary of the Gold Fixing in September , The Rothschild Archive has created a new microsite dedicated to the history of Rothschild and Bullion.