Nathaniel Rothschild
| Nathaniel Rothschild | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Nathaniel Philip Rothschild |
| Born | 1971 |
| Occupation | hedge fund manager |
| Title | heir to the hereditary title Baron Rothschild |
Nathaniel Rothschild is a wealthy hedge fund manager, holding several citizenships. He attended the University of Oxford, where he was a member of the notorious Bullingdon Club, and made friends with fellow members, like George Osborne a future Chancellor of the Exchequer.[1][2][3]
In 2008 Rothschild and Osborne had a breach.[4] Rothschild was hosting both Osborne on his Greek Island, where Osborne was indiscrete about ties members of the Tory party had with Oleg Deripaska, then Russia's richest oligarch. Rothschild felt betrayed, and wrote a letter to The Times.
Peter Hitchens questioned whether a photo of a group of Bullingdon Club members, that included Osborned and Rothschild had been altered.[5]
Rothschild is the heir to the hereditary title Baron Rothschild.
References
- ↑ The whiff of scandal stinks in crisis-struck U.K., New York Times, 2008-10-22. Retrieved on 2022-09-07. “As for the 37-year-old Osborne, who has been a member of Parliament since the age of 30, he and Rothschild were close friends at Oxford where they belonged to the elite Bullingdon club, an exclusive drinking society whose celebrated wild parties sometimes ended with the destruction of the restaurant or pub where they were held.”
- ↑ The Tories and the oligarch: key characters, The Times of London, 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Oxford 1992: Portrait of a 'classless' Tory, Daily Mail, 2007-04-07. Retrieved on 2022-09-07. mirror
- ↑ Bullingdon boy's fatal error was to cross Rothschild, The Standard, 2009. Retrieved on 2022-09-07.
- ↑ Steve Busfield. George Osborne, Nat Rothschild and the curious case of a Bullingdon Club picture, The Guardian, 2008-10-26. Retrieved on 2022-09-07. “To the left of the middle, there's a mysterious gap where somebody ought to be standing but isn't. Odder still, there's a patch of shirt-front and waistcoat there, with no person attached”