Nathanial Charles Rothschild
| Hon. Nathanial Charles Rothschild | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1877 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1923 | ||||||||||
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Tring Park, Tring, Herts Arundel House, Kensington Palace Gardens, W. [1911] | ||||||||||
| Occupation | banker | ||||||||||
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1894.04.10 proposed by Sir W. Flower
details below seem a bit young for him, though it definitely says Nathanial C. However, his father was called Nathan Mayer 1840-1915, and lived in Tring
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Nathaniel Charles Rothschild (9 May 1877 – 12 October 1923), known as "Charles", was an English banker and entomologist and a member of the Rothschild family.
Suffering from encephalitis, in 1923 Charles Rothschild committed suicide.
Today Charles Rothschild is regarded as a pioneer of nature conservation in Britain, and is credited with establishing the UK's first nature reserve when he bought Wicken Fen, near Ely, in 1899. Wicken Fen was presented to the National Trust but the Trust declined to take Woodwalton Fen, near Huntingdon, which Rothschild bought in 1910, and this wetland, now a National Nature Reserve, was kept as a private nature reserve.[3] During his lifetime he built and managed his estate at Ashton Wold[4] in Northamptonshire to maximise its suitability for wildlife, especially butterflies. He was concerned about the loss of wildlife habitats, and in 1912 set up the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, the forerunner of The Wildlife Trusts partnership. In 1915 the Society produced a schedule of the best wildlife sites in the country, some of which were purchased as nature reserves
Born London; died Aston Wold, near Oundle, Northamptonshire (suicide). Second son of the first Baron Rothschild. One of his daughters was Miriam Rothschild DBE, FRS. Founder of Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves (today Royal Society for Nature Conservation). Published extensively on entomological and botanical matters. Held numerous public and commercial positions.
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His collection of fleas is now in the Rothschild Collection at the British Museum.
