In this evocative new book, historian David Kynaston tells the fascinating story of Anthony de Rothschild (1887–1961). Through access to never previously consulted diaries and letters, a three-dimensional picture emerges of a complex and thoughtful man guiding the City’s most famous merchant bank through the turbulent years between the 1920s and 1950s.<\/p>\n
In politics he was open-minded and constructive whilst in his philanthropy, not least through his leading role in helping Jewish refugees (especially children) to leave Nazi Germany for England, he was thoughtful and generous. Austere on the surface but warm beneath, impatient equally of fools and idealogues, always searching for how he could contribute to make a better world – Anthony de Rothschild deserves, arguably more than almost anyone else in the 20th-century City, to be known properly by later generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Written by renowned historian David Kynaston, Banker and Philanthropist: A Portrait of Anthony de Rothschild tells the story of the man who influenced modern history.
Family tree 6
\nPreface 9
\nChapter One I wish I knew my own ambition 12
\nChapter Two Wastage of human life 44
\nChapter Three Very heavy payments\t72
\nChapter Four A clear and limited objectiv 98
\nChapter Five One can only hope and pray 124
\nChapter Six No reason for not being an optimist 154
\nEndnotes 180
\nIndex 186<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21583],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37774","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-history","7":"author-by-author-david-kynaston","8":"publisher-hurtwood-press-ltd","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n