News about Jacob Rothschild

Many years ago, a teenager called Gavin Hopley was ­brutally murdered in a part of Oldham reputed to be a 'no-go zone' for white people. In search of a taxi after a visit to a nightclub, he took a wrong turn, became separated from his two friends and unwittingly walked into the Asian area of Glodwick.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: When Princess Margaret's cousin, Colin Tennant (main), 3rd Lord Glenconner, bequeathed all he owned in the West Indies to his estate manager and caregiver, Kent Adonai, his family was stunned. Colin's home in St Lucia, Beau House, and half the property went to his grandson and heir, Cody Tennant, sparked a court contest and the family finally signed a deal with Adonai, a local fisherman. Cody's grandfather's house went up for auction last year in an attempt to break the family's ties with the Caribbean last year, along with 95 acres worth $23 million, or about £18 million.

Jacob Rothschild (pictured), who died on Monday at the age of 87, was a hero in the city who ruled the Square Mile for many decades. He began working at NM Rothschild in 1963 and died 17 years later after losing out with his cousin Sir Evelyn de Rothschild over a merger with rival SG Warburg.

Many people will find it exciting to be on the red carpet. An acknowledgment of achievement, the pinnacle of achievement. But not me. During the 25 years I edited Vogue utter hell, I found many of the red carpet appearances I made during the 25 years I edited Vogue. So much so that I would often try to scurry round the back of venues to prevent them from occurring. I'm sorry to say that these pictures don't always succeed.

At auction, a hand-stitched book in which Princess Diana's great-grandmother Adelaide Seymour listed the names of all her dance partners during the London season has sold at auction. Miss AHE Seymour's Victorian diary, Balls & My Partners, was one of 343 lots sold last week by Lay's Auctioneers, Penzance, Cornwall, raising more than £250,000 for renowned antiques collector Peter Hone. Mr Hone, 82, who lives in Maida Vale, London, was absolutely elated last night.' I'm absolutely elated.' I'm overjoyed here. It's been the highlight of my life.

Sir Evelyn's third wife, American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political power player Lynn Forester, 68, and her husband's offspring, Jessica, David, and Anthony were reported to be in squabbles between her husband and her husband's offspring. A multi-million-pound wedge of Rothschild fortune is expected to pass out of the 200-year-old British branch of the family empire, which also helped finance Wellington's armies at Waterloo, Suez Canal, and the London Underground. We're talking about one of the biggest upheavals of this sort in history,' a source close to the family told The Mail on Sunday night. We suspect he gave over the Rothschild fortune, or at least a portion of it.' It's all likely that it will be heading to Lynn, and it would not have been if he hadn't been very generous to everyone.' Lynn is expected to get'something in the region of £600 million,' according to the source.

Sir Evelyn de Rothschild (pictured with wife Lynn) who died peacefully at home at the age of 91, was Anthony de Rothschild's only son and Yvonne Cahen d'Anvers'. In 1957, Harrow earned his first degree in Economics at Trinity College Cambridge, and later joined the family bank. His time there spanned more than four decades. The bank's total debt increased from £40 million to £4.6 billion under his stewardship.