Born in London, England, he was the third and youngest of the three
sons of Leopold de Rothschild (1845–1917) and Marie Perugia
(1862–1937). A scion of the prominent Rothschild banking family
of England, he was educated at Harrow School and the University of
Cambridge where he secured a Double First in history. After the end
of the First World War, Anthony became one of the managing partners
of the family's N M Rothschild & Sons banking house in London.
He retired as head of the N M Rothschild & Sons banking house
in 1961. Written by renowned historian David Kynaston, Anthony de
Rothschild: Banker and Philanthropist tells the story of the man
who influenced modern history. De Rothschild was at the helm of
international banking, steering the system from the chaos after the
First World War into the modern world. The book includes rare and
unseen documents and photographs from the family archive.
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