Lionel de Rothschild
E647680
Jewish person
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Rothschild family member
banker
human
politician
Lionel de Rothschild was a prominent 19th-century British Jewish banker and politician, notable as a member of the influential Rothschild family and one of the first Jewish MPs in the UK Parliament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lionel de Rothschild canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7172409 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel de Rothschild Context triple: [Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery, relative, Lionel de Rothschild]
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A.
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild was a prominent British banker, politician, and member of the influential Rothschild family who became the first Jewish peer in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Baron Walter Rothschild
Baron Walter Rothschild was a British banker, zoologist, and politician who played a key role in early Zionist history as the recipient of the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
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C.
Alfred Beit
Alfred Beit was a prominent 19th-century British-German diamond magnate and financier who played a major role in the development of Southern Africa’s mining industry and imperial expansion.
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D.
Claude Montefiore
Claude Montefiore was a leading British Jewish theologian and scholar who helped shape early Reform Judaism through his liberal religious thought and biblical criticism.
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E.
Peter Augustus Jay
Peter Augustus Jay was an American lawyer, diplomat, and prominent member of the influential Jay family in early 19th-century New York society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lionel de Rothschild Target entity description: Lionel de Rothschild was a prominent 19th-century British Jewish banker and politician, notable as a member of the influential Rothschild family and one of the first Jewish MPs in the UK Parliament.
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A.
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild
Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild was a prominent British banker, politician, and member of the influential Rothschild family who became the first Jewish peer in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Baron Walter Rothschild
Baron Walter Rothschild was a British banker, zoologist, and politician who played a key role in early Zionist history as the recipient of the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
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C.
Alfred Beit
Alfred Beit was a prominent 19th-century British-German diamond magnate and financier who played a major role in the development of Southern Africa’s mining industry and imperial expansion.
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D.
Claude Montefiore
Claude Montefiore was a leading British Jewish theologian and scholar who helped shape early Reform Judaism through his liberal religious thought and biblical criticism.
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E.
Peter Augustus Jay
Peter Augustus Jay was an American lawyer, diplomat, and prominent member of the influential Jay family in early 19th-century New York society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish person
ⓘ
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ Rothschild family member ⓘ banker ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| affiliation | N M Rothschild & Sons ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jewish emancipation movement in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Jewish emancipation
|
| birthDate | 1808-11-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| burialPlace |
Jewish cemetery at Willesden
ⓘ
linked to:
Willesden Jewish Cemetery
|
| causeOfNotability | pioneering Jewish participation in British parliamentary life ⓘ |
| child |
Alphonse de Rothschild
ⓘ
linked to:
Alphonse James de Rothschild
Evelina de Rothschild ⓘ Leonora de Rothschild ⓘ Nathaniel Mayer de Rothschild ⓘ
linked to:
Nathaniel de Rothschild
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1879-06-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| electedToParliament | 1847 ⓘ |
| employer | N M Rothschild & Sons ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Rothschild ⓘ |
| father | Nathan Mayer Rothschild ⓘ |
| givenName | Lionel ⓘ |
| house |
Rothschild family of London
ⓘ
linked to:
Rothschild
|
| knownFor |
leadership in the London branch of the Rothschild banking house
ⓘ
role in Jewish emancipation in Britain ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ |
| mother | Hannah Barent-Cohen ⓘ |
| name | Lionel de Rothschild ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Rothschild family
ⓘ
linked to:
Rothschild
|
| notableAchievement |
first practicing Jewish MP to take a seat in the House of Commons
ⓘ
one of the first Jewish Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableWork | campaign for Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| occupation |
banker
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1874 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1847 ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Member of Parliament for the City of London ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Gunnersbury Park, Middlesex
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linked to:
Gunnersbury Park
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Tring Park, Hertfordshire ⓘ
linked to:
Tring Park
|
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| spouse | Charlotte von Rothschild ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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