However, his wife's ambition and part in his rise to power was not only being recognised in high places, but clearly starting to irritate. Once upon entering a book shop she told her children they were entering a toy shop, and when the disappointed children pointed out the obvious she replied "to your father this is a toy shop. [46] Lady Rosebery owned large investments in North America, including ranches in Texas and mines in Montana. Hannah de Rothschild was born in 1851 into a world of great wealth and luxury. More revealing is a comment Lady Rosebery herself made to her husband, "I sometimes think it is wrong that I have thought less of the children in comparison to you"[58] shortly before her death in 1890, suggesting that when a choice between her children and husband was forced on her, she always chose her husband. She is also a philanthropist, a filmmaker and a member on the boards of different organizations. husband Charlotte Nathan Rothschild daughter Lionel Nathan de Rothschild son Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st B. son Nathaniel de Rothschild son Hannah Mayer FitzRoy daughter Mayer Amschel de Rothschild son Louise de Rothschild daughter Julia Maynes daughter Lydia Barent-Cohen (Diamantschle. Hannah de Rothschild was born into a world of great wealth and luxury. The cottages still have an H de R cipher on their gables. Pardes Hanna, which as of 2019 had a population of 43,000, is one of 10 cities, towns or settlements in the State of Israel bearing the name of a Rothschild. While the Jewish Rothschilds were accepted into society, and indeed were close friends of some members of the royal family including the Prince of Wales, as elsewhere in Europe, antisemitic feelings were prevalent in the upper echelons of society; particularly so among those closest to the Queen at court, where following the death of the Prince Consort in 1861 the Rothschilds became pointedly excluded. She made herself the link between the world and her "thin skinned and neurotic" husband. [19] In 1901 Rosebery, in an interview with the Daily Mail, claimed to have met Hannah when their carriages crashed and he 'sprang out and saved her'; however, this version of their meeting is believed to be a romanticised fabrication of Rosebery's. [78] The Roseberys then immediately left England and their children for a long trip to America and Australia. The author. She gauged the character of her fellow creatures with great perspicacity.. According to her husband, Hannah was very simple, very unspoilt, very clever, very warm-hearted, and very shy.. The marriage provided the impetus for Meyer to create what he described as "an enduring monument",[6] a country house of monumental proportions. However, much evidence suggests that Rosebery, while professing to be happy, was at times irritated and bored by Hannah, who was always keen to accommodate his every whim. London: Macmillan and Co., 1922. Finally her soliciting paid off and in 1881, Rosebery was offered a government position acceptable to him, that of Under Secretary at the Home Office with special responsibility for Scotland. Nothing was ever proven against Lady Rosebery and no tangible evidence exists to substantiate the claim. She was first introduced to her future husband, Archibald Primrose, the Earl. Her qualities were portrayed in literature when Lady Rosebery was reputed to be the model for Marcella Maxwell in Mrs Humphry Ward's novel Sir George Tressady (1909). It is frequently thought to have been conceived at Eton. Hannah remained loyal to her faith as a Jew after her marriage and was a member of the Central Synagogue in London. Hannah Rothschild was born on May 22, 1962 in England, UK. [61] This, coupled with his good looks, appealed to the public's imagination and gave him glamour. [43] She, by contrast, was completely enraptured by him, and would frequently ignore her neighbours at a dinner party to listen to her husband's conversation further down the table, a faux pas almost considered a crime in Victorian society. Petah Tikva (Hebrew: , IPA: [pe.ta tik.va], lit. It appeared that Rosebery was showing his true colours and he was accused of behaving like a spoilt child, with doubts cast over the honourableness of his reasons for refusing the Under Secretaryship of the India Office.[76]. Once, when talking with his daughter Sybil, he asked her what mourning she thought her mother would have worn had the situation been reversed. Roth, Cecil. She was president of the Scottish Home Industries Association, a charity which encouraged Scottish women to work profitably from home making plaid or other items of needlework and the like. Illinois Deaths Name: Hannah L. Rothschild [Hannah L. Loeb] Birth Date: 22 Aug 1881 Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois Death Date: 9 Jan 1938 Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Burial Date: 11 Jan 1938 Burial Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Cemetery Name: Graceland Crematory Death Age: 56 Occupation: Housewife Race:. [72], Her political mettle and ambitions for her husband were however to be more severely tested in Gladstone's second government following the Liberal victory. The formal engagement of marriage was announced on 3 January 1878,[34] a day Rosebery forever afterwards regarded as sacred. Hannah Mary Rothschild was born on 22 May 1962. palais rothschild 4 berzik 20-22 prince eugne strasse. Scotland, Nov. 19, 1890; only daughter and heiress of Baron Meyer de Rothschild. However, antisemitic feelings were prevalent in the upper echelons of society, particularly so among those closest to the Queen at court, where following the death of the Prince Consort in 1861 the Rothschilds became pointedly excluded. Rosebery: A Biography of Archibald Philip, Fifth Earl of Rosebery. [80] Dilke denied everything, but his hopes of high political office were ruined forever. [2] In truth, she was her husband's driving force and motivation. [21], As early as 1876, there were rumours of an engagement. Family tree. [105] Lady Crewe became one of the first women magistrates in Britain; she died in 1955. I never knew such a beautiful creature. After her death, Edward Hamilton, a close friend of Rosebery from his days at Eton, opined that her judgment as a whole was singularly sound and calm having the power of seeing through people quickly. In 1850, Nathan's son Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874) bought the Manor of Mentmore for 12,400 and commissioned Joseph . Published commentators on the Roseberys claim their marriage was happy, and there is no known evidence that Hannah was anything other than happy in her marriage, and quite a lot to suggest she was indeed blissfully happy. [3] She subsequently became a political hostess and philanthropist. It was even whispered that his Barnbougle Castle retreat was really a venue for clandestine assignations with young men. Bermant, Chaim. [31] However, any shortcomings in the guest list were compensated for by the guest of honourthe Prince of Walesand Disraeli, who gave the bride away. Rothschild. He was also a patron of horseracing, his horses winning the Derby, the Oaks, and the St. Leger in the same year. Mentmore, the grandest of the Roseberys' homes, was sold by Lady Rosebery's grandson, the 7th Earl of Rosebery, in 1977, together with the Rothschild art collection, which Lady Rosebery had not only been intensely interested in but had enlarged considerably. Hannah de Rothschild and her mother in the Grand Hall at, Gladstone's second government (18801885), Town named after Hannah Primrose in Israel, On a tour of America before his marriage, Rosebery had been impressed by the campaigning of prospective political candidates; in Britain little had changed in that respect since the, One of her more pioneering and innovative charitable causes was the, Her funeral was held on 25 November 1890 at. Inviting him into her carriage for the journey to London, she pleaded her husband's case for three hours to her captive listener. Crewe, Young and McKinstry all write the marriage was a happy one. Hannah de Rothschild, Countess Rosebery from 1878, was born on 27 July 1851, the only child of Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874) and Juliana (ne Cohen) (1831-1877). In 1894 on Gladstone's retirement he achieved his wife's ambitions and became Prime Minister, but by then Lady Rosebery was dead. "[52] Lord Rosebery's friend Edward Hamilton recorded her "notable faculty of getting other people to work and quickening their energies". Presented to Hannah Rothschild by the Earl of Rosebery upon the occasion of their marriage Exhibited Japan, Jewellery from Renaissance to Art Dco: 1540-1940 , Tokyo 24 April-1 July 2003; Fukuoka 12 July-24 August 2003; Nagoya 30 August-23 September 2003; Kyoto 25 October-30 November 2003, no. He was highly intelligent, and a brilliant future was forecast for him by his tutors at both Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. McKinstry, p. 127, states this was for a rent of 3000 per year. Let us know. [103], The Liberals did not return to office until 1892. [26] Lord Spencer advised the Prince and Princess of Wales against attending a Rothschild ball with the words "The Prince ought only to visit those of undoubted position in Society. Hannah, Countess of Rosebery, painted by Frederic, Lord Leighton Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery ( ne de Rothschild; 27 July 1851 - 19 November 1890) was the daughter of Baron Mayer de Rothschild and his wife Juliana ( ne Cohen ). Rosebery immediately declined the post, giving as his reason that it would appear that he was being repaid for running Gladstone's campaign (as though the Viceregal position would not). Cowles, p. 145. Her father died in 1874, leaving his daughter one of the wealthiest women in England. In August the household would move north to Dalmeny for the grouse shooting. "[84] Rosebery was now on the path to political greatness, but Gladstone's government fell the same year. McKinstry, p. 120, attributes this to a letter to Constance Leconfield of 20 October 1883. Corry had been Disraeli's influential private secretary on whom he had relied. Old Original Antique Victorian Print Antique Print Of Marriage Earl Rosebery Miss Hannah Rothschild Civil Ceremony 1878 An antique full page print from the Illustrated London News. Stock photos, 360 images, vectors and videos . The marriage was celebrated in London on 20 March 1878, a civil ceremony being performed at the register office in Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, and also in a Christian ceremony at Christ Church in Down Street, Piccadilly. She was also interested in general improvements in standards of nursing. Hannah Rothschild, Countess of Rosebery . On their return in 1885 Rosebery was appointed Lord Privy Seal, complete with the seat in the cabinet which he sought. She married Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, son of Archibald John Primrose, Lord Dalmeny and Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope, on 20 March 1878.3 She died on 19 November 1890. [24] To show "official" disapproval, no male member of the Rothschild family attended the ceremonies. Reminiscences. Several items of table silver from the yacht in the Mentmore sale of 1977, were also engraved "Czarina" (See Mentmore Vol II; p. 220). [110][111] This is part of tradition of having cities, towns and other settlements in Israel named in honor of members of the Rothschild family, primarily due to the generosity and influence of Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, HaNadiv (the Benefactor), upon the history of the Land of Israel and the State of Israel. "[25] However, this did not prevent the Prince from accepting Rothschild's invitations and gifts privately. There she founded the Club for Jewish Working Girls. Discover the family tree of Hannah Rothschild for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. Queen Victoria appointed her president of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute for Nurses in Scotland, the beginning of the district nurse system, which was to revolutionise health care for the rural poor and sick in Britain. [4] Whether or not this was strictly true, the many Rothschild homes and their art collections, in England, Austria, France and Germany, certainly rivalled those of the crowned heads of Europe, Mentmore in particular being one of the most outstanding art collections of its kind anywhere in the world. However, as a minority administration it was not expected to last, and a swift return of the former administration was anticipated. However, on the outbreak of World War I he joined the army, and was killed leading a charge at Gezer in 1917. Through her father, she is a member of the Rothschild banking family. Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery (ne de Rothschild; 27 July 1851 19 November 1890) was the daughter of Baron Mayer de Rothschild and his wife Juliana (ne Cohen). He realised how an electorate could be swayed by a candidate touring his prospective constituency, aided by a well thought-out series of events, rallies and advertising, with the candidate's ideal and attractive family smiling by his side. McKinstry, p. 149. Her children later related how their father honored his wifes religion: at the end of each Day of Atonement, Lord Rosebery would take up to her bedroom a tray of food to break her fast and then they would sit together quietly talking for the rest of the night. Agent: Sarah Chalfant The Wylie Agency 17 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JA Tel +44 020 7908 5900 | Fax +44 020 7908 5901 Email: schalfant@wylieagency.co.uk EVENTS 2022 JOURNALISM Hannah also faced obstacles from her own family, and the wider Jewish community, who were publicly against the union. His Prime Ministership lasted barely a year, marred by problems and difficulties. Among her many charitable activities she supported the Institution for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and supervised the fund for the relief of the sick and wounded in the campaigns in Egypt and the Sudan (18821885). "[104] Corry had been Disraeli's influential private secretary on whom he had relied. Breger, Jennifer. Birds, bugs & botany: the Rothschilds & Science. According to her husband, Hannah was very simple, very unspoilt, very clever, very warm-hearted, and very shy. New York: Macmillan Company, 1964. Hannah de Rothschild, Countess of Rosebery, Britain: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, Copyright 19982023, Jewish Women's Archive. Hannah, who had a fine singing voice, often also accompanied her father to racing and yachting events, frequently deputizing for her mother during the latters illness. Lady Rosebery, "conscious of her husband's supreme ability",[77] wanted him in the cabinet and was furiously agitating her husband's discontent until Rosebery threatened to resign his Home Office position. [citation needed]. For the remainder of his life and without his wife, as Queen Victoria phrased it, "to hold him back", he became more and more eccentric and controversial in his decisions. For the first few years following their marriage, the Roseberys resided in London in the Piccadilly house Lady Rosebery had inherited from her father. She personally catalogued the collection, and prophetically wrote in the preface "In time to come, when, like all collections, this will be dispersed (and I hope this will be long after my death) this book may be of value. In 1878, Hannah de Rothschild married Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, and was thereafter known as the Countess of Rosebery. She was involved in many Jewish charities and founded the Club for Jewish Working Girls in Whitechapel. Nathan Mayer Rothschild, the third son, went to England and settled in Manchester but then moved to London. [citation needed], Of Hannah Rosebery's homes, the lease on Lansdowne House was surrendered shortly before her death, when the Roseberys purchased 38 Berkeley Square. She was a companion to her hypochondriac mother and, in later life, a hostess with her father during her mother's long periods of indisposition. He represented Wisbech in parliament from 1910 to 1917 and served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1915 and as joint-Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1916 to 1917. Hannah also had an interest in photography, and maintained a photographic studio at Mentmore. Having the power of seeing through people quickly, she gauged the characters of her fellow creatures with great perspicacity and she thus knew whom to trust and of whom to beware. William Allan, Sotheby's Sale catalogue of the collection. A friend of the Roseberys, Donald Crawford, MP, sued his wife Virginia for divorce naming Dilke as co-respondent. An outraged Rosebery denied all on his wife's behalf,[82] while in December 1885 Lady Rosebery's only response on being told of Virginia Crawford's confessions was: "Dilke's behaviour is very astonishing in some reports, though it is not an actual surprise to me. Mentmore; Sir Frances Watson KCVO; Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co, London, 1977, Deidre, Lady Rosebery, in her history of Dalmeny House gives the name of the yacht as Zenaide; however, contemporary reports of Baroness Meyer's death name the yacht as Czarina (see:Cheltenham Looker-On Saturday 17 March 1877). After inheriting her father's fortune in 1874, she became the richest woman in Britain. Date if known in the title. Davis, Richard W.The English Rothschilds. The schools were both built and operated at her expense. [72] At the same time she was canny enough to mention that Sir William Harcourt and Sir Charles Dilke, both radicals opposed to Gladstone's policies, were "visiting them" and "thoughtful".[72]. [98] On his return home he had designed for his wife a Victorian Gothic version of the Taj Mahal in miniature. Victorian Jews through British Eyes. Always an insomniac, he claimed that the "stillness of the waters" [the nearby Firth of Forth] "were conducive to sleep".[45]. He withdrew from politics for some time after her death but later returned to his position of Foreign Minister in a new Gladstone administration, becoming Prime Minister between March 1894 and June 1895. The relationship between the couple appears at times to have been almost that of a mother and child. Her mother died in 1877 on her yacht in the Mediterranean, after a long illness. [49] No evidence exists that his wife was aware of these rumours against her husband, or even that she would have understood them, bearing in mind her sheltered upbringing and limited education. On her trip to Australia with her husband she went to services at the synagogue in Melbourne. His mother was a distant figure, and their relationship was always strained. Find Hannah Rothschild stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. It has been claimed that the inscrutable air that Rosebery wore was a mask to disguise his secret homosexual life. "[17] The marriage was celebrated in London on 20 March 1878 at the Board Room of Guardians in Mount Street, and also in a Christian ceremony at Christ Church in Down Street, Piccadilly. Such was still the fame of her parents that London traffic was brought to a standstill on her wedding day in 1899. He owned 40,000acres (160km) in Scotland, and land in Norfolk, Hertfordshire, and Kent. She had to be carefulif it appeared her husband had declined the offer on the grounds that it was too lowly, it would give substance to the claims being made that he was conceited and petulant. Winston Churchill thought him maimed by her death, and later said of her "she was a remarkable woman on whom Rosebery leaned, she was ever a pacifying and composing element in his life which he was never able to find again because he could never give full confidence to anyone else."[100]. In 1894 on Gladstone's retirement he achieved his wife's ambitions and became Prime Minister, but by then Lady Rosebery was dead. [38] However, much evidence suggests that Rosebery, while professing to be happy, was at times irritated and bored by Hannah, who was always keen to accommodate his every whim. Rosebery was, as expected, offered a position in Government by Gladstone. Cowan, Anne and Roger. According to family correspondence, Hannah spent many of her childhood years riding and hunting; because of over-exertion in these activities she had to spend one year totally on her back. Involvement in any divorce was social suicide in the 19th century, but the facts which emerged were enough to ensure it was political suicide as well. On being told that Lady Rosebery was very keen for her husband to become Foreign Secretary, Gladstone replied "She would think herself capable of being Queen of the Realm and think the place only just good enough for her. Rosebery may have not been antisemitic before his marriage; however, the acerbic wit for which he was famous led him to make remarks that could have been taken in such a way, once his marriage had secured the Rothschild fortune. Mentmore estate, Buckinghamshire. Even as late as 1931, in a similar situation, the uncomprehending wife of, Sotheby's, Sale Catalogue (1995), p. 13. Hannah Rothschild, Countess of Rosebery . [50] The more public and precise accusations of Rosebery's homosexuality by the Marquess of Queensberry, following the Cleveland Street scandal, did not occur until three years after Lady Rosebery's death. [43], Rosebery's behaviour could be eccentric. When pressed further he cited ill healthhe had been suffering from scarlet fever during the Midlothian campaign and now also appeared to be suffering a minor nervous breakdown. Like his brothers, he bought land in Buckinghamshire. Lady de Rothschild and Her Daughters. Gladstone remarked that Rosebery was, perhaps, rather too concerned with his health. [56] His wife dutifully accompanied him. Henry James, an occasional guest in the Roseberys' homes,[28] delivered one of the most unflattering condemnations of Lady Rosebery describing her as "large, coarse, Hebrew-looking with hair of no particular colour and personally unattractive".[36]. Lady Sybil has been summarised by one of her father's biographers: "Even more eccentric than her father, she spent much of her time living in a caravan. It has been said of Hannah de Rothschild that she grew up with a good sense and presence of mind, enabling her to deputise for her mother on grand social occasions at Mentmore and in London. In 1883 she traveled round the world with her husband, reaching Australia and returning by way of India. [106] The Durdans was bequeathed to her daughter, Sybil, in 1929 and was sold together with its contents in 1955. She dismissed Lord Spencer with "I can never look on him as a great motive power, besides he does not mention Archie [Rosebery] to me. London: Literary Licensing, 1939. Lady Rosebery was very taken with California, from where she wrote: "The inhabitants are very entertaining the women are very handsome, think nothing of dresses costing 80, "fix up" their faces very frequently and are generally divorced. [5], Hannah de Rothschild's father Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild married his cousin Juliana Cohen in 1850. [86] However, her chief causes appear to have all been connected specifically to the assistance and welfare of women. Nothing conclusive has ever been found one way or the other, but it is possible that he had homosexual experiences while in the care of a paedophile housemaster at Eton in his youth. London: John Murray, 1935. [8][9][10], As an only child growing up in what were, in all but name, palaces, her childhood appears to have been lonely. 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"[99], Ronald Munro Ferguson has been quoted in 1912 as saying "many things would have gone otherwise had Lady Rosebery lived. The present. Her good sense and presence of mind - she had often deputised for her mother on grand social occasions at Mentmore - was to make her an ideal political wife. The office he sought was that of Lord Privy Seal, a position Gladstone refused on account of Rosebery's inexperience in Government. Without her, Rosebery was a shadow of his former self, taking huge doses of morphine to combat insomnia and nerves. It was also obvious that Lady Rosebery was a very evident and valuable political electioneering asset. (1878-1952) Watercolour on paper 29 x 41 cm (11 38 x 16 18 inc. Category Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Hannah de . McKinstry says (p. 198) that she was also suffering from a kidney condition. The Prince of Wales attended and Prime Minister Lord Beaconsfield (Benjamin Disraeli), who had been a constant visitor at her parents home, gave the bride away. [87], Her interest in education has been one of her most obvious surviving charitable legacies. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, Marlborough College and she read Modern History at St Hilda's College, Oxford . Hannah Rothschild is a British author of biography, fiction and art novels. Here political and social leaders of the day mixed with royalty, authors such as Henry James and Oscar Wilde, and other prominent social and intellectual figures of the time. Rothschild was born on 22nd Mau 1962 and attended St Hilda's College in Oxford and St Paul's Girls' School in Marlborough. > hannah von rothschild (1850-1892) . She had a high sense of duty and would never allow pleasure to interfere with duty. His daughter Hannah, aged just five months, helped lay the foundation stone on 31 December 1851. [39] Rosebery's secretary Thomas Gilmour noted: "She is thoroughly genuine and very tender and devoted to Lord Rosebery, it is easy to see that she is very proud of him, and she is a woman of considerable force of character and great energy, she may prove to be a powerful ally in his political career. Lord Granville in fact considered Rosebery's wife to be the more ambitious of the pair,[39] and even advised her "If you keep him up to the mark, [he] is sure to have his page in history. Hannah continued her fathers collecting and made catalogues of the items displayed at Mentmore. . The Earls of Rosebery, whose family name was Primrose, were old, if undistinguished, members of the Scottish aristocracy. [30] Another obstacle was the Rothschild family itself: it was their custom to marry cousins[30] to keep their fortune within the family. Pardes Hanna, which as of 2019 had a population of 43,000, is one of 10 cities, towns or settlements in the State of Israel bearing the name of a Rothschild. "[65], Widowhood changed Rosebery, both mentally and physically: he aged overnight, and began to refer to himself as an old man. The Disraelis were close friends and neighbours of the Rothschilds in Buckinghamshire. In 1836, Nathan Mayer Rothschild's widow, Hannah (1783-1850), bought a few acres of land at Mentmore in Buckinghamshire for her sons so that they could take healthy exercise away from the city. In 1836, Nathan Mayer Rothschild's widow, Hannah, bought a few acres of land at Mentmore in Buckinghamshire for her sons so that they could take healthy exercise away from the city. Her mother died some three years later after a long illness. CREATIVE. "[75] This was the same Lord Spencer who had advised the Prince and Princess of Wales against visiting the homes of wealthy Jews. Binney, Marcus. Margaret married her father's old friend and biographer the Marquess of Crewe. In this way women, especially widowed mothers, remained in their homes able to care for their often large families while still earning an income. [63] As a hereditary peer, he already had a seat in the House of Lords and had made his maiden speech there on attaining his majority. Her notes accompanied the sale of most of the contents of Mentmore when they were sold in 1977 at Sothebys in what was dubbed the sale of the century. She married Philip Archibald Primrose in 1878 and devoted the rest of her life to her husband and marriage. She supported her husband through his successful political career, along with continuing her fathers collections and traveling the world. [1] Yet his Jewish wife, during her lifetime regarded as dull, overweight and lacking in beauty, remains an enigmatic figure and often regarded as notable only for financing her husband's three ambitions: to marry an heiress, win The Derby, and become Prime Minister (the second and third of these possibly apocryphal ambitions were achieved after her death). [90] She fought the disease, but it was found that she was also suffering from Bright's disease, which had weakened her, making it impossible to survive the attack. [citation needed], This first became evident in the great campaign to re-elect Gladstone, culminating in the 1880 general election. [sic][70] However it was not just Gladstone and Rosebery the huge crowds had come to see, but also the dutifully supporting and smiling families. Quote from diary of Thomas Gilmour, 7 February 1885. It is said that Hannah was first introduced to her future husband, the 28-year-old 5th Earl of Rosebery, by Lady Beaconsfield, the wife of Benjamin Disraeli, at Newmarket Racecourse. "[28] On seeing his son for the first time he remarked "Le Jew est fait, rien ne vas plus,"[40] which must have been disconcerting for the child's Jewish mother. However, Lady Rosebery did not live to see the work completed. July 27, 1851) was the only child of Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874) and Juliana, daughter of Isaac Cohen (1831-1877). The environs of the Mentmore estate were endowed with numerous bequests; schools, meeting rooms and houses bore her initials. On 20 March 1878, 31-year-old Rosebery married 27-year-old Hannah de Rothschild (1851-1890), only child and sole heiress of the Jewish banker Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, and the wealthiest British heiress of her day. Their arrival in New York was widely reported, and a full and flattering description of Lady Rosebery was reported in The Herald. [citation needed], Lady Rosebery died of typhoid at Dalmeny in 1890. However, within a week of her death her husband began to cancel many of these subscriptions, prompting charges of antisemitism. She was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Willesden in London with full Jewish rites, although it was apparent from a note he wrote to Queen Victoria that this was particularly painful for her husband. Rosebery's frequent absences from his wife fuelled gossip that he was a secret homosexual. Pevsner has described this enclave of Rothschild properties as "the most conspicuous and significant aspect of Victorian architecture in Buckinghamshire". Lady Rosebery, realising further appeal to the Gladstones was pointless, tried a new avenueLord Hartington, the immensely influential Secretary of State for War, who was already quarrelling with Gladstone over the Irish home rule problem, and whom she allegedly met by chance at Preston Railway Station. In 2018, Hannah was made Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Literature and Philanthropy. As early as 1876, there were rumours of an engagement. Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who favoured strong national defence and imperialism abroad and social reform at home, while being solidly anti-socialist. [93] While Queen Victoria always personally liked Rosebery, she mistrusted his politics. [55] This was particularly evident in June 1880 when shortly after the birth of their first child Sybil, Rosebery wished to visit Germany for three months, to take a cure at a German spa (he was recovering from what is now thought to have been a nervous breakdown). Select from premium Hannah Rothschild of the highest quality. Rosebery, a self-centred, reserved man, prone to depression, pessimism and insecurity, had a difficult relationship with his mother, who had been distant and openly preferred his younger brother. Lord Rosebery writing just after his wife's death; Crewe, Vol 2, p. 379. Hannahs father was the fourth son of Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild (17771836) and though very anglicized in his ways, styled himself Baron Mayer as was the custom among younger sons of the nobility in Europe. Rosebery later admitted to spending 50,000.[67]. She is a director and producer, known for Eddie Loves Mary (2002), The Jazz Baroness (2009) and To the Studio: Frank Auerbach (2001). She is the eldest child of Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, and his wife, Serena Dunn Rothschild. [109], Pardes Hanna (Hebrew: Hannah's [Citrus] Orchard), a local council founded in 1929 on the Sharon plain in Israel, was named after Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery. There was little evidence and Dilke denied the charge, which could have been ultimately forgotten, if Virginia had not suddenly decided to sign a confession giving such lurid details that a great scandal was unavoidable. Attributed by McKinstry, p. 76, to a memorandum by Sir Edward Hamilton. [35] Lansdowne House was one of the finest of the aristocratic palaces in London, well suited to be the home of the political salon which Hannah Rosebery was to establish. This gave her confidence and the experience to be the perfect political wife. Hannah de Rothschild, Countess Rosebery from 1878, was born on 27 July 1851, the only child of Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874) and Juliana (ne Cohen) (1831-1877). A year later a bomb landed on the empty site during World War II. Political leaders urged Lady Rosebery to influence him, but she defended his decision, while stressing that his deterioration in health was only temporary. "[47] Having toured and been fted in America, the party moved on to Australia via Honolulu. Like many of her Rothschild relatives she was also deeply involved with the welfare of young working-class women of the Jewish faith who inhabited the poorer areas of London, in particular Whitechapel. [17], Hannah de Rothschild was first introduced to her future husband, the 28-year-old Earl of Rosebery, by Lady Beaconsfield, the wife of Benjamin Disraeli, at Newmarket Racecourse. The reason Pardes Hanna was named for Hanna Primrose ne de Rothschild in particular is uncertain. The marriage produced four children: Lady Sybil Primrose, born in 1879; Lady Margaret Primrose, born in 1881; the heir Harry Primrose, Lord Dalmeny (later 6th Earl of Rosebery), born in 1882; and finally the Honourable Neil Primrose, born the same year as his elder brother. She was the granddaughter of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, who had founded N M Rothschild & Sons, the English branch of the Rothschilds' banking empire. After twelve years of marriage, the Countess of Rosebery died at Dalmeny on November 19, 1890, at the age of thirty-nine, from typhoid fever complicated by Brights disease. Marriage to Archibald Philip Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery. In September 1883, the couple left their children in the care of the nannies and nursery maids, supervised by Rosebery's sister Lady Leconfield, for a long tour of America and Australia. Jewish Women's Archive. Rosebery seems to have disliked his first son, who he claimed looked "Jewish. Though small by comparison to their other homes, this mansion was described by Henry James as the most homely and comfortable of the Roseberys' many homes and as a delightful house full of books and sporting pictures, with just a few Gainsboroughs and Watteaux. 'Mother of the Moshavot '), is a city in the Central District of Israel, 10.6 km (6.6 mi) east of Tel Aviv.It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883 with the financial help of Baron Edmond de . In August 1880, when Gladstone told her firmly that "There is nothing I can give him," she claimed she had not been seeking a cabinet post and Gladstone had misunderstood her. In 1889 he was elected chairman of the newly formed London County Council. "[65] However, he was a gifted orator, and this was an era when platform speaking was beginning to replace House of Commons debate. Ironically, Hannah herself had opposed the marriage of her cousin Annie de Rothschild to the Christian Eliot Yorke, the son of the Earl of Hardwicke, in 1866. Features thousands of biographic and thematic essays on Jewish women around the world. Harcourt was the son of Sir, Luton Times and Advertiser Saturday 7 August 1875, McKinstry, p. 77 mentions (among others) chiefly. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. [18] The Disraelis were close friends and neighbours of the Rothschilds in Buckinghamshire. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971. [24] However, several hurdles had to be overcome before a marriage could take place. Throughout all this, Gladstone was supported not only by the popular and charismatic Rosebery but also by an array of well-dressed women including Lady Rosebery and Gladstone's daughter Mary. A further sale of the "Continental Library," to which she had added, was conducted in 1995 at the Aeolian Hall, London, by Sotheby's. In the Jewish community she was a generous, though often anonymous benefactor, but took a public interest in the school for the deaf and dumb founded by her mother. Without her to calm and order his life he was a neurotic wreck. Hannah de Rothschild 1851-1890 4.20 = 1878 Philip Archibald Primose, Earl of Rosebery 1847-1929 4.20H Louise de Rothschild 1820-1894 3.9 = 1842 Mayer Carl von Rothschild 1820-1886 3.11 Isabella Rothschild 1781-1861 2.5 = 1802 Bernhard Juda Sichel 1780-1862 2.5H Lady Rosebery was not to see her husband achieve the highest political office. "[64], Rosebery was not a natural politician. The marriage of the Earl of Rosebery to Miss Hannah de Rothschild took place on 20th March 1878 , the civil ceremony being performed at the register office in Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, and the religions service Christ Church, Mayfair, in the preserve of a large and fashionable company. Got married in 1878 Rosebery. In August the household would move north to Dalmeny for the grouse shooting. mother Levi Barent Cohen father Benjamin Barent Cohen Rosebery only ever trusted his wife. Hannah's father was the fourth son of Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836) and though very anglicized in his ways, styled himself Baron Mayer as was the custom among younger sons of the nobility in Europe. The Mentmore estate alone was serviced by three schools founded by her at Wingrave, Cheddington and Mentmore itself. From Academic Kids. The newspaper went on to describe Rosebery as looking like a prosperous farmer. II-90 Articles. [88], One of her more pioneering and innovative charitable causes was the oral instruction of what were then called the deaf and dumb. Find the perfect hannah rothschild stock photo, image, vector, illustration or 360 image. When assessing Lady Rosebery's behaviour to her children it should be remembered that she lived in an era of plentiful nannies, wet nurses, nursemaids and governesses which the upper classes employed as the norm. His final years were blighted by ill health and a self-enforced seclusion in Scotland. Dilke's political career was ruined, and for years afterwards he continued to expound the Rosebery conspiracy theory. [12] Lady Battersea claimed that Hannah was so sheltered that the phrase "'the poor'" was "merely a phraseology for her". [60] Marriage to her altered Rosebery's status, too: while his wife acquired Christian respectability and a title, Rosebery moved from being one of many wealthy and capable young noblemen to being one with unfathomable riches. Please check image carefully for any damage such as . Rosebery's own mother was horrified at the thought of a Jewish woman, even a Rothschild, in the family. He succeeded his father as 6th Earl of Rosebery and died in 1974. Cheddington School remains in its original building with her cypher on its walls, while Wingrave School, which opened in 1877, survives in new premises. Rosebery too felt there was an impassable barrier of faith; at this time, it was inconceivable that any children could be raised as Jews. When her father died in 1874, Hannah inherited two million pounds in cash, Mentmore, and its priceless collection of art and furniture. In between, occasional days and the weeklong Derby meeting would be spent at their home "The Durdans" in Epsom. palais nathaniel rothschild 1871-1878. il a t construit pour nathaniel de rothschild. Coincidentally, the deputy chairman of Sotheby's UK, as of 2010, is Lady Rosebery's great-grandson, rishonim.house| Pardes Hanna-Karkur Founders' House Museum, [Mrs Humphry Ward (oxonblueplaques.org.uk) Oxfordshire Blue Plaques]. For the remainder of his life he wore black and used black edged writing paper. He married Hannah Barent Cohen in 1806, with whom he had seven children (three daughters and four sons). Immediately following his wife's death Rosebery retired from politics, writing in October 1891 "The sole object of my ambition has disappeared with the death of my wife. All of these antique are the genuine article and not reproductions. [91] It was only after her death that the doctors who had treated her disclosed to Rosebery that her kidney condition would have killed her within two years even if she had not contracted typhoid. Hannah learned much about art from him. The others are, in order of their founding: Zichron Ya'akov (1882), Mazkeret Batya (1883), Bat Shlomo (1889), Meir Shfeya (1891), Givat Ada (1903), Binyamina (1922), Ashdot Ya'akov (1924), Shadmot Dvora (1924) and Sde Eliezer (1950). In this way it could be said she was the first openly "political wife" in Britain. 2531, discusses this at length. The couples older daughter was later named Sybil (18791955) after the heroine of Disraelis novel. The Roseberys divided their year among their various homes: London for the social season and parliament, Mentmore at weekends to entertain both political and shooting house-parties. Roseberys mother, the Duchess of Cleveland, who disliked Jews and made no secret of her antipathy, disapproved wholeheartedly. Gladstone had nominally retired from politics after losing his Greenwich seat in 1874, when Disraeli had been swept to power. Help us elevate the voices of Jewish women. The Queen was shocked and thought the speech "almost communistic" and went on to attribute Rosebery's "shocking and disappointing" behaviour to the fact that "poor Lady Rosebery is not there to keep him back". She claimed that not only had Dilke slept with her and taught her "French vices", but also slept with her mother and partaken in a three-in-a-bed orgy with Virginia and a maid. If she was aware of his faults she gave no indication of it. Following a visit to El Escorial he wrote on the sepulchral wonders of the building, but added "for the dead alone the Taj is of course supreme". She maintained the tradition of philanthropic works that she learned from her parents and remained a loyal Jew, despite marrying a Christian man. Roseberys declared ambitions were to marry an heiress, own a horse that won the Derby and be Prime Minister. These people were employed regardless of the mother's affection towards her children; it was inconceivable that a countess would nurse her own children, and to do so would have been breaking social conventions. This view had softened by 1885. Her charitable work was principally in the sphere of public health and causes associated with the welfare of working-class Jewish women living in the poorer districts of London. For her the rewards seem to have been the pleasure of seeing a husband she undoubtedly adored in the high office of which she felt him worthy. He died in 1929. A member of the English Rothschild family who married the Earl of Rosebery, a future Prime Minister of England, Hannah was the only child of Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild and his wife Juliana. These fashionable people the celebrities of their day (newspapers at the time gave many column inches each day to the doings of the upper classes) were as much a crowd-puller as the political speakers, and Rosebery's planning used that to full effect. Her marriage into the aristocracy, while controversial at the time, gave her the social cachet in an antisemitic society that her vast fortune could not. He owned 40,000 acres in Scotland, and land in Norfolk, Hertfordshire, and Kent. After inheriting her father's fortune in 1874, she became the richest woman in Britain. I never knew such a beautiful character." Lady Rosebery went on to describe how "They (the crowds) patted me on the back till my shoulders were sensitive. McKinstry, p. 74 states:"Anti-Semitism was a powerful force in late Victorian England". Neil was a British Liberal politician and soldier. Tap into Getty Images' global scale, data-driven insights, and network of more than 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. [6] In addition to Mentmore, Baron and Baroness Meyer de Rothschild had a large house in London, 107 Piccadilly, and The Zenaide, a luxurious yacht, upon which Hanna's mother died in 1877, the year before her marriage. . Rosebery was considered to be strikingly handsome and immensely cultivated. Here political and social leaders of the day mixed with royalty, authors such as Henry James and Oscar Wilde, and other prominent social and intellectual figures of the time. Lord and Lady Rosebery's library there was given to the nation at this time. Quote attributed to a letter from Lady Rosebery to Lady Leconfield 4 December 1879. The new Tory government was led by Lord Salisbury. [13] Whatever the faults of her education, she possessed great confidence, impressing her Rothschild relations, who noted her poise and competence when she hosted a large house party at Mentmore for the Prince of Wales while only 17 years of age. palais rothschild 4 berzik 26 (prince eugne strasse) 1879-1884. maintenant l'ambassade du brsil vienne. Without her, Rosebery was a shadow of his former self, taking huge doses of morphine to combat insomnia and nerves. She founded schools in all the villages surrounding the Roseberys' estates. She was the daughter of Mayer Amschel Rothschild and Juliana Cohen. The Cousinhood. He had sought the position feeling that Scotland was neglected by the Liberal Government who were more interested in Ireland. The Liberals did not return to office until 1892. From the outset of the marriage, political members of the Rothschild family took an interest in Rosebery,[62] and he was soon acclaimed as one of the rising hopes of the Liberal Party. "[42], While the marriage was based on warmth and esteem on Rosebery's side and adoration on Hannah's,[24] it seems that Rosebery often found his wife's devotion irritating, and this sometimes caused him to be impatient with her. Cohen, Lucy. Lady Rosebery had an angry row with Gladstone's wife,[77] where Mrs Gladstone pointed out that if Rosebery resigned he would have nothing but horse racing to interest him, and that Lady Rosebery should be patient as her husband was young. At the age of seventeen, it was she who formally received the Prince of Wales when he visited Mentmore. [citation needed], Lady Rosebery's eldest son, Harry, who was less successful in politics than his father and brother, distinguished himself by becoming captain of Surrey County Cricket Club and owning two Epsom Derby-winning horses. Together the Earl and Countess of Rosebery added greatly to not only the Mentmore collection but also to that housed at Dalmeny House, Rosebery's Scottish seat, amassing a great library of rare and continental volumes and a collection of artefacts formerly belonging to the Emperor Napoleon I. 'Opening of Hope'), also known as Em HaMoshavot (lit. Educated in Cambridge, he held the parliamentary seat for Hythe as a Liberal from 1859 until his death. [15], Mayer Amschel de Rothschild died in 1874, leaving his daughter not only Mentmore (with its priceless art collection), his London mansion, and innumerable investments, but also the sum of two million pounds sterling in cash (equivalent to 198million in present-day terms[16]). Rosebery's possible homosexuality has been much discussed in recent times. In 1878, Hannah de Rothschild married Archibald Primrose, 5th . In his futile quest to exonerate himself, and grasping at rumour, Dilke wrote to Rosebery accusing Lady Rosebery of having paid Virginia to make the confession. However, Rosebery, clearly aware of his wife's frustrated maternal instincts, reported that Hannah savoured every detail of the daily letters from London concerning the baby, and that she never complained at the forced separation.[57]. [95] It seems that the Queen's antipathy to Jews was confined to elevating them to the peerage. Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery ne de Rothschild; 27 July 1851 - 19 November 1890, she was the daughter of Baron Mayer de Rothschild and his wife Juliana ( ne Cohen). While one could be friends with Jews and accept their hospitality, their social status was still not sufficiently elevated to include marriage into the peerage without unfavourable comment.[27]. She was very ambitious for her husband and lived to see him enter the government in 1881, after helping Gladstone with his campaign in Midlothian, serving as Undersecretary of State for Home Affairs, then as Lord Privy Seal and finally as Foreign Secretary in 1886. In between, occasional days and the week-long Derby meeting would be spent at their home 'The Durdans' in Epsom; Rosebery'shorses won the Derby in 1894, 1895 and 1905. As the Marquess of Crewe put it "she had cut her spurs". The yacht was later brought by Mr Albert Brassy (See: Northern Whig Monday 6 September 1886), Reminiscences, Battersea, Constance, Alpha Edition, 2019. p. 51, London Evening Standard Wednesday 12 May 1869, Two quotes by Queen Victoria from Ferguson, p. 773. Hannah de Rothschild was born in 1851. [14] A year later, in 1869, Hannah made her formal entrance into society as a debutante, when she was presented to Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace by her mother. An orphan at the time of her marriage, as the sole heiress of Mayer Amschel,Hannah had inherited the vast estate of Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire and 107, Piccadilly, and was saidto be the wealthiest British heiress of her day. He fulfilled all three. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. This property was transformed into one of London's most luxurious town houses. I never knew such a beautiful character. McKinstry, p. 148 attributes the quote to the Journal of Lewis Harcourt, Vol 376, 2 February 1886. Lord Rosebery was deeply affected by his wifes death, declaring that I have lost the best wife man ever had. For the rest of his life, he used notepaper with black borders and spent every anniversary of her death alone. Sir Edward Hamilton, Rosebery's closest friend, wrote: Her judgement of a whole was singularly sound and calm; indeed there was a sort of intuitive wisdom about the advice which she would recommend or the consequences of which she would foretell. From her mother she learned the many social skills of a grand hostess, as well as music. In the words of her cousinConstance Battersea, she became from the outset of her married life one of the most devoted and unselfish of wives who ever lived. Between 1879 and 1883 the couple had four children, two boys and two girls. During this period serious (if unproven) charges of plotting and ruthless ambition were about to be levelled against Lady Rosebery. Once renovation was complete in 1882, Rosebery used it as a private retreat from his family, and began to spend his nights there alone. "[71] Thus in Rosebery's first serious involvement in politics, Disraeli was defeated and the newly elected MP for Midlothian became Prime Minister for the second time (the caretaker liberal leader Lord Hartington retired in favour of Gladstone). For the remainder of his life and without his wife, as Queen Victoria phrased it, "to hold him back", he became more and more eccentric and controversial in his decisions. Rosebery's own mother was horrified at the thought of a Jewish woman, even a Rothschild, in the family. McKinstry, p. 94, attributes the quote to Edel. Rosebery found this particularly hard to bear, and wrote to Queen Victoria of the pain he experienced when "another creed steps in to claim the corpse". Owner of enormous amounts of land and two fortunes - one from his father and one from his wife Hannah de Rothschild who had died in 1890 - Rosebery exploited to the opportunities afforded him by his class and wealth, becoming Prime Minister in 1894-5. [66] On a tour of America before his marriage, Rosebery had been impressed by the campaigning of prospective political candidates; in Britain little had changed in that respect since the hustings of the 18th century. To show disapproval, no male member of the Rothschild family attended the ceremonies; however, any shortcomings in the guest list were compensated for by the guest of honour - the Prince of Wales - and Disraeli, who gave the bride away. [20], Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery, born in 1847, had inherited his title from his grandfather in 1868, aged 21, together with an income of 30,000 a year. Gladstone resigned as Prime Minister in 1885 following a Government defeat over the Irish home rule question. Her cousin Lady Battersea wrote that during her married life she hardly, if ever, attended a church service and continued to support generously all the Jewish institutions in which she had been interested. Many of her public activities centered on Scotland, where she frequently spent time at Dalmeny House, seat of the Rosebery family near Edinburgh. Hannahs father was a great collector of paintings and objets dart, which he kept at Mentmore. Thus Lady Rosebery not only pushed and encouraged him behind the scenes but was now to become an encouraging and conspicuous figure by his side. The Earl and Countess had four childen: Lady Sybil Primrose (1879-1955), Lady Margaret 'Peggy' Primrose (1881-1967), Albert (Harry) Primrose, Lord Dalmeny (later 6th Earl of Rosebery) (1882-1974) and Neil Primrose (1881-1917). In 1850 Mayer bought the Manor of Mentmore for 12,400 and commissioned Joseph Paxton and his son-in-law George Stokes to build him a house. Wilson, Derek. "[92] Proof of the widespread belief in society that Lady Rosebery was the stable element of the partnership was confirmed shortly after her death, by Queen Victoria, following a then rare public speech by Rosebery, in which he supported Home Rule for Ireland. However she felt clearly that her four children should be brought up in their fathers religion.. Hannah was at one time said to be the richest woman in Britain, on the death of her father in 1874, she inherited 2,000,000 in cash, the new family mansion Mentmore (now known as Mentmore . He died from wounds received in action in Palestine in 1917, falling in action on the same day as his cousin, Evelyn Achille de Rothschild (1886-1917), son of Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917) and Marie (ne Perugia) (1862-1937). The quotation, originally from the Babylonian Talmud, can be taken to mean that the elders, respected, and more notable Jews should set a good example by strictly following the teachings of the Jewish articles of faith, which forbid marriage to members of other religions. [85] Upon her inheriting her fortune, one of her first acts was to found a lifeboat station in memory of her father, in 1875, at a cost of 2,000. The Tories were later to claim that Rosebery had paid for Gladstone's campaign. Rosebery was considered to be strikingly handsome and immensely cultivated. [69] Lady Rosebery reported, "I had never heard Archie (Lord Rosebery) speak in public politically before, but after the first minute I felt I could never be nervous at his making a speech the audience show him great affection." James, Richard Rhode. 31 December 1999. McKinstry, p. 75. Size of each print is approximately 11 x 16 inches (290 x 400 mm). "[105] Neil, the second of the Roseberys' sons, entered politics and a promising future was foretold for him. The relationship between the couple appears at times to have been almost that of a mother and child; however, Hannah's death on 19 November 1890 at Dalmeny, her husband's Scottish seat, of typhoid fever, compounded by Bright's disease, left him distraught. McKinstry, photograph caption following p. 130. However, the same comment also hints that she was not unaware that her choice was at the cost of her children. It had been rumoured that the position of Viceroy of Ireland or a cabinet place would be proffered,[74] but it turned out to be the job of Under Secretary of the India Office. [54] While her husband sulked or withdrew with hurt pride from a situation, she came to the forefront to plead his case or cause. Rosebery then left his newborn child and wife (who was again pregnant) for a year-long tour of Australia. [65] Two years after her death, friends were still concerned that he was suicidal. Hence her seeming lack of attention to her children was not unusual she was following the upper class conventions and "stiff upper lip" philosophies of her era. [23] His father had died when he was eight and he had been brought up by his mother, who had subsequently married Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland. The remainder of the collection was dispersed in a week-long sale and is now scattered across the globe. For the first few years following their marriage, the Roseberys resided in London in the Piccadilly house Lady Rosebery had inherited. In 1878 she married the Earl of Rosebery, but, notwithstanding this union, remained a Jewess, was a member of the Central . Hannah de Rothschild 1851-1890 4.20 = 1878 Philip Archibald Primose, Earl of Rosebery 1847-1929 4.20H Louise de Rothschild 1820-1894 3.9 = 1842 Mayer Carl von Rothschild 1820-1886 3.11 Isabella Rothschild 1781-1861 2.5 = 1802 Bernhard Juda Sichel 1780-1862 2.5H [citation needed], Before their marriage and his full-time entry into politics, Rosebery's future wife had written with extraordinary foresight and ambition to him: "I work only to help you, if you are Prime Minister, let me imitate Montagu Corry. These came in the form of whispers and anonymous letters. 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