Lionel Nathan de Rothschild was a British politician. The son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Hanna Barent Cohen, he was a member of the prominent Rothschild family. In 1847 Lionel de Rothschild was first elected to the British House of Commons as one of four MPs for the City of London constituency.

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  • Lionel Nathan de Rothschild was a British politician. The son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Hanna Barent Cohen, he was a member of the prominent Rothschild family. In 1847 Lionel de Rothschild was first elected to the British House of Commons as one of four MPs for the City of London constituency. Jews were at that point still barred from sitting in the chamber due to the Christian oath required to be sworn in so Prime Minister Lord John Russell introduced a Jewish Disabilities Bill to remove the problem with the oath. In 1848, the bill was approved by the House of Commons but was twice rejected by the House of Lords. After being rejected again by the Upper House in 1849, Rothschild resigned his seat and stood again winning in a by-election in order to strengthen his claim. In 1850, he entered the House of Commons to take his seat but refused to swear on a Christian Bible asking to use only the Old Testament. This was permitted but when omitting the words "upon the true faith of a Christian" from the oath he was required to leave. In 1851 a new Jewish Disabilities Bill was defeated in the House of Lords. In the 1852 general election Rothschild was again elected but the next year the bill was again defeated in the upper house. Finally, in 1858, the House of Lords agreed to a proposal to allow each house to decide its own oath. On July 26 1858 de Rothschild took the oath with covered head, substituting "so help me, [using a Hebrew word for] God" for the ordinary form of oath, and thereupon took his seat as the first Jewish member of Parliament. He was re-elected in general elections in 1859 and 1865, but defeated in 1868; he was returned unopposed in a by-election in 1869 but defeated a second time in the general election in 1874. Rothschild was proposed as a member of the House of Lords in 1868, but Queen Victoria refused to elevate him to this status. She denied that this was because Rothschild was a Jew. Instead the monarch claimed it was because of Rothschild's business activities, but few believed her. In 1885 the Queen did raise Rothschild's son Nathan to the peerage. Nathan Mayer de Rothschild became the first Jewish member of the House of Lords. A fan of thoroughbred horse racing, his colt "Sir Bevys" won the 1879 Epsom Derby. In 1836, Lionel de Rothschild married Baroness Charlotte von Rothschild (1819-1884), the daughter of Baron Carl Mayer Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family of Naples. They had the following children: Leonora (1837-1911) Evelina (1839-1866) Nathan Mayer (1840-1915) Alfred Charles (1842-1918) Leopold (1845-1917) Lionel de Rothschild died in 1879 and his body was interred in the Willesden Jewish Cemetery in the North London suburb of Willesden.
  • Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (Baron Lionel de Rothschild) war erstes jüdisches Mitglied des britischen House of Commons. Der älteste Sohn von Nathan Mayer Rothschild und Hanna Barent Cohen entstammte der Familie Rothschild. Obwohl er bereits 1847 die erste Wahl in das Parlament gewann, konnte seinen Sitz jedoch erst 1858 einnehmen. Da sich bis dahin der Amtseid, den er schwören musste, explizit auf die christliche Religion bezog, war eine lange Prozedur notwendig, die Gesetze dahin zu ändern, dass auch er ins Parlament einziehen konnte. Als einer der vier Abgeordneten für die City of London 1847 gewann er die Wahl in das House of Commons. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war es Juden noch unmöglich, im Parlament zu sitzen, da der Amtseid explizit christlich war. Der liberale Premierminister John Russel brachte die Jewish Disabilities Bill ins Parlament ein, um den Eid zu ändern. Das House of Commons nahm das Gesetz 1848 an, das House of Lords lehnte es jedoch zweimal ab. 1849 lehnte das House of Lords das Gesetz wiederum ab. Um seine Position zu stärken, trat Rothschild an und gewann die angesetzte Nachwahl. 1850 nahm er erstmals seinen Platz im House of Commons ein. Er weigerte sich, auf die Bibel zu schwören; seine Bitte nach einem Alten Testament wurde erfüllt, als er jedoch die Worte "upon the true faith of a Christian" ausließ, wurde er der Kammer verwiesen. Eine weitere Jewish Disabilities Bill scheiterte 1851 im House of Lords. 1852 gewann Rothschild wiederum die Wahl in London, 1853 jedoch scheiterte das nächste Gesetz, das ihm erlaubt hätte seinen Parlamentssitz einzunehmen. Erst 1858 ließ sich das House of Lords auf einen Vorschlag ein, dass jede Parlamentskammer ihren eigenen Eid beschlösse. So konnte Rothschild am 26. Juli 1858 endlich seinen Sitz einnehmen, indem er die speziell christlichen Teile des Eides auslassen konnte. 1836 heiratete er Charlotte von Rothschild, die Tochter von Carl Mayer von Rothschild. Aus der Ehe gingen vier Kinder hervor, sein Sohn Nathan Mayer wurde später das erste jüdische Mitglied des House of Lords. Leonora (1837-1911) Evelina (1839-1866) Nathan Mayer (1840-1915) Alfred Charles (1842-1918) Leopold (1845-1917) Sein Pferd "Sir Bevys" gewann 1879 das Epsom Derby. Sein Grab liegt auf dem Willesden Jewish Cemetery in Nordlondoner Vorort Willesden.
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  • Lionel Nathan de Rothschild was a British politician. The son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Hanna Barent Cohen, he was a member of the prominent Rothschild family. In 1847 Lionel de Rothschild was first elected to the British House of Commons as one of four MPs for the City of London constituency.
  • Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (Baron Lionel de Rothschild) war erstes jüdisches Mitglied des britischen House of Commons. Der älteste Sohn von Nathan Mayer Rothschild und Hanna Barent Cohen entstammte der Familie Rothschild. Obwohl er bereits 1847 die erste Wahl in das Parlament gewann, konnte seinen Sitz jedoch erst 1858 einnehmen.
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