Monday, 29 January 2018
1808 Lionel Rothschild
Constituency : Aylesbury 1910-12 ( Liberal Unionist ), 1912-23 ( Conservative )
Lionel took over from his cousin at Aylesbury.
Lionel was a member of the banking dynasty and was educated at Harrow and Cambridge.
Lionel was unopposed in December 1910 and 1918.
Lionel was involved in recruitment activities during World War One and received an O.B.E.
Lionel's main hobby was gardening and he collected specimens from all over the world. He was also a keen motorist and yachtsman.
Lionel stood down in 1923 and the seat was uncontested by a Rothschild for the first time since 1865.
He died in 1942 aged 60.
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