Alice Charlotte von Rothschild, otherwise referred to as 'Miss Alice', was a socialite and member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria. Born in Frankfurt, she was the eighth and youngest child
The Grey Drawing Room at Waddesdon Manor, which Alice inherited after her brother's death.
Miss Alice felt the need to add to the gap in the collection when her brother died and bequeathed the majority of his renaissance collection to the British Museum. She therefore added major pieces of armour to the armoury corridor, just outside the Smoking Room.
James Armand Edmond de Rothschild DCM DL, sometimes known as Jimmy de Rothschild, was a British Liberal politician and philanthropist, from the wealthy Rothschild international banking dynasty.
Alice Charlotte von Rothschild
…practices at the National Trust. Alice von Rothschild died on 3 May 1922 in Paris, at the age of 75. She bequeathed the Waddesdon estate to her nephew, James Armand de Rothschild. An exhibition about the role of von Rothschild in the history of Waddesdon Manor was held there in 2022…
James Armand Edmond de Rothschild
James de Rothschild (right) as a member of the Jewish Legion 1 January 1918
James de Rothschild 1928