Leopold D de Rothschild Esq CBE

Leopold D de Rothschild Esq CBE
First name:Leopold
Middle name(s):D
Surname:de Rothschild
Post-nominals:Esq CBE
Year elected:1959
Last year on list:2012
MembershipMember
Committee1965-1968
Leopold David de Rothschild, CBE, FRCM (12 May 1927 – 19 April 2012) was a British financier, musician, and a member of the Rothschild banking family of England.

Leopold David was the fourth and youngest child and second son of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882–1942) and Marie Louise Eugénie Beer (1892–1975). From childhood he had a fondness for music and became an accomplished pianist and violinist. As a vocalist, he sang with The Bach Choir of London for many years and would later serve as its president. While in his teens, he joined the Royal Navy, serving for two years. He went to work at Kuhn, Loeb & Co., as well as at Morgan Stanley and Glyn, Mills & Co. before becoming a partner at his family's N M Rothschild & Sons in 1956.

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Snapdragon Dragon 1959 1960  
Pendragon Dragon 1961 1966  
Nigella Twin Screw 1962 2002  
Sea Otter Draco 25 1967 1980  
Leviathan Dragon 1981 1991  
Orpheus Dragon 1992 1992  

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